Climate twins of Upton, WY

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Upton'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.

Rank 1 closest
Plevna, MT
similarity distance: 0.588 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Ismay, MT
similarity distance: 0.588 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Baker, MT
similarity distance: 0.729 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Upton vs its climate twin

Top match: Plevna, MT

Month Upton Plevna
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 32.5°F 9.5°F 0.45 in 29.9°F 6.2°F 0.48 in
February 35.0°F 11.8°F 0.46 in 33.3°F 10.2°F 0.50 in
March 47.0°F 21.9°F 0.82 in 45.3°F 20.3°F 0.70 in
April 55.8°F 29.7°F 1.77 in 56.7°F 30.1°F 1.55 in
May 65.3°F 39.6°F 2.83 in 67.0°F 40.5°F 2.90 in
June 77.2°F 49.2°F 2.57 in 76.8°F 50.0°F 2.65 in
July 86.9°F 56.7°F 2.13 in 86.3°F 56.1°F 1.86 in
August 85.3°F 54.4°F 1.42 in 85.5°F 54.0°F 1.35 in
September 74.8°F 44.3°F 1.20 in 75.1°F 44.1°F 1.48 in
October 58.7°F 31.8°F 1.48 in 58.1°F 31.3°F 1.16 in
November 43.5°F 19.5°F 0.58 in 43.2°F 18.9°F 0.58 in
December 33.2°F 10.3°F 0.45 in 32.4°F 8.6°F 0.43 in

Cities that consider Upton their climate twin

These US cities have Upton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Upton would feel familiar.

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 →