Climate twins of Cimarron, NM

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cimarron'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: Cimarron vs its climate twin

Top match: Fountain, CO

Month	Cimarron			Fountain
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	47.6°F	18.1°F	0.66 in	45.0°F	18.5°F	0.29 in
February	50.4°F	19.5°F	0.57 in	46.5°F	20.2°F	0.32 in
March	58.2°F	25.8°F	0.95 in	54.9°F	27.3°F	0.79 in
April	65.0°F	31.8°F	1.51 in	61.0°F	34.0°F	1.45 in
May	73.2°F	40.3°F	1.70 in	70.7°F	43.5°F	1.99 in
June	82.5°F	48.6°F	1.74 in	81.6°F	52.8°F	2.27 in
July	84.3°F	52.8°F	3.03 in	86.5°F	58.2°F	3.12 in
August	81.8°F	51.7°F	3.11 in	83.6°F	56.6°F	2.96 in
September	77.2°F	44.7°F	1.75 in	77.1°F	48.9°F	1.35 in
October	68.1°F	34.4°F	1.22 in	64.7°F	36.6°F	0.77 in
November	56.3°F	24.3°F	0.57 in	52.9°F	26.0°F	0.37 in
December	47.6°F	17.4°F	0.43 in	44.6°F	18.7°F	0.23 in

Cities that consider Cimarron their climate twin

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

Fountain, CO (ranks Cimarron #2)
Ruidoso, NM (ranks Cimarron #3)
Ruidoso Downs, NM (ranks Cimarron #3)

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 →