Climate twins of Sundance, WY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sundance's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Sundance vs its climate twin
Top match: Grass Range, MT
| Month | Sundance | Grass Range | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.7°F | 13.2°F | 0.82 in | 37.2°F | 14.2°F | 0.68 in |
| February | 34.1°F | 13.7°F | 0.89 in | 38.8°F | 15.7°F | 0.51 in |
| March | 44.2°F | 22.2°F | 1.04 in | 48.2°F | 23.0°F | 0.87 in |
| April | 52.2°F | 29.2°F | 2.48 in | 57.1°F | 30.7°F | 1.85 in |
| May | 62.6°F | 39.2°F | 3.47 in | 66.0°F | 39.5°F | 3.39 in |
| June | 73.1°F | 48.8°F | 3.03 in | 74.0°F | 47.4°F | 3.22 in |
| July | 82.0°F | 55.5°F | 2.48 in | 83.3°F | 52.9°F | 1.70 in |
| August | 80.8°F | 53.8°F | 1.71 in | 82.7°F | 51.9°F | 1.67 in |
| September | 71.4°F | 44.8°F | 1.32 in | 72.6°F | 43.5°F | 1.46 in |
| October | 55.8°F | 32.6°F | 1.71 in | 58.9°F | 33.4°F | 1.25 in |
| November | 42.2°F | 22.1°F | 0.91 in | 46.3°F | 22.7°F | 0.71 in |
| December | 32.5°F | 13.7°F | 0.51 in | 37.7°F | 15.2°F | 0.55 in |
Cities that consider Sundance their climate twin
These US cities have Sundance in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Sundance would feel familiar.
- Stanford, MT (ranks Sundance #2)
- Bozeman, MT (ranks Sundance #3)
- Belt, MT (ranks Sundance #2)
- Bearcreek, MT (ranks Sundance #1)
- Red Lodge, MT (ranks Sundance #2)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →