Climate twins of Chama, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Chama'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: Chama vs its climate twin
Top match: Tropic, UT
| Month | Chama | Tropic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.5°F | 7.1°F | 2.04 in | 36.9°F | 17.0°F | 1.91 in |
| February | 40.8°F | 10.8°F | 1.94 in | 38.8°F | 18.4°F | 1.70 in |
| March | 48.4°F | 18.3°F | 1.45 in | 45.8°F | 23.3°F | 1.27 in |
| April | 56.2°F | 24.2°F | 1.51 in | 53.5°F | 28.9°F | 0.77 in |
| May | 65.5°F | 31.5°F | 1.59 in | 63.1°F | 36.6°F | 0.91 in |
| June | 76.8°F | 38.5°F | 0.80 in | 75.1°F | 44.6°F | 0.47 in |
| July | 80.4°F | 46.0°F | 2.32 in | 80.0°F | 52.1°F | 1.55 in |
| August | 77.8°F | 45.6°F | 3.02 in | 77.5°F | 50.0°F | 1.94 in |
| September | 71.5°F | 37.9°F | 2.32 in | 70.1°F | 41.6°F | 1.78 in |
| October | 60.6°F | 27.1°F | 1.73 in | 58.2°F | 31.9°F | 1.73 in |
| November | 47.7°F | 16.9°F | 1.69 in | 45.8°F | 22.8°F | 1.28 in |
| December | 37.7°F | 8.2°F | 1.94 in | 36.8°F | 17.0°F | 1.34 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 →