Climate twins of Whitefish, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Whitefish'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: Whitefish vs its climate twin
Top match: Republic, WA
| Month | Whitefish | Republic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.0°F | 15.9°F | 1.84 in | 31.1°F | 16.1°F | 1.62 in |
| February | 33.9°F | 16.4°F | 1.26 in | 38.2°F | 17.7°F | 1.34 in |
| March | 42.8°F | 22.7°F | 1.27 in | 48.6°F | 23.9°F | 1.54 in |
| April | 53.2°F | 29.9°F | 1.61 in | 58.2°F | 29.3°F | 1.38 in |
| May | 63.5°F | 38.9°F | 1.99 in | 67.9°F | 37.0°F | 2.06 in |
| June | 69.8°F | 45.0°F | 3.20 in | 73.9°F | 42.4°F | 2.17 in |
| July | 80.6°F | 50.2°F | 1.40 in | 84.1°F | 46.5°F | 1.16 in |
| August | 80.0°F | 48.2°F | 0.89 in | 84.0°F | 45.2°F | 0.64 in |
| September | 68.7°F | 40.2°F | 1.25 in | 74.1°F | 37.9°F | 0.87 in |
| October | 52.6°F | 30.9°F | 1.45 in | 56.9°F | 29.4°F | 1.25 in |
| November | 37.5°F | 24.0°F | 1.70 in | 39.7°F | 23.3°F | 1.86 in |
| December | 28.9°F | 17.9°F | 2.07 in | 30.2°F | 16.0°F | 2.19 in |
Cities that consider Whitefish their climate twin
These US cities have Whitefish in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Whitefish would feel familiar.
- Driggs, ID (ranks Whitefish #1)
- Tetonia, ID (ranks Whitefish #1)
- Irwin, ID (ranks Whitefish #1)
- Swan Valley, ID (ranks Whitefish #1)
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 →