Climate twins of Wolf Point, MT

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wolf Point'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
Malta, MT
similarity distance: 0.958 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
McIntosh, SD
similarity distance: 0.970 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Burlington, ND
similarity distance: 1.137 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Wolf Point vs its climate twin

Top match: Malta, MT

Month Wolf Point Malta
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 25.4°F 6.1°F 0.41 in 28.6°F 6.6°F 0.36 in
February 31.1°F 10.3°F 0.27 in 32.4°F 10.6°F 0.37 in
March 44.9°F 22.0°F 0.46 in 45.0°F 21.0°F 0.51 in
April 59.6°F 33.2°F 0.91 in 59.0°F 32.8°F 1.27 in
May 69.7°F 43.9°F 2.10 in 68.8°F 42.4°F 1.72 in
June 77.9°F 53.3°F 3.54 in 76.9°F 51.8°F 2.68 in
July 86.9°F 59.1°F 1.81 in 86.3°F 57.4°F 1.58 in
August 86.4°F 57.6°F 1.81 in 85.6°F 55.7°F 1.27 in
September 75.5°F 46.7°F 1.40 in 74.4°F 45.5°F 1.41 in
October 59.7°F 34.5°F 0.85 in 59.4°F 33.2°F 1.03 in
November 42.7°F 21.6°F 0.42 in 43.3°F 20.4°F 0.69 in
December 29.1°F 10.1°F 0.35 in 31.3°F 10.2°F 0.46 in

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 →