Climate twins of Clayton, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Clayton'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: Clayton vs its climate twin
Top match: Cheyenne Wells, CO
| Month | Clayton | Cheyenne Wells | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.5°F | 21.4°F | 0.33 in | 44.0°F | 19.6°F | 0.22 in |
| February | 52.0°F | 23.0°F | 0.30 in | 47.0°F | 20.9°F | 0.38 in |
| March | 60.0°F | 29.8°F | 0.91 in | 57.1°F | 28.8°F | 0.68 in |
| April | 67.3°F | 36.8°F | 1.12 in | 64.7°F | 35.4°F | 1.40 in |
| May | 76.4°F | 46.6°F | 1.85 in | 74.0°F | 45.7°F | 2.09 in |
| June | 86.4°F | 56.1°F | 1.97 in | 85.7°F | 55.3°F | 2.24 in |
| July | 90.0°F | 60.8°F | 2.81 in | 90.6°F | 61.1°F | 3.72 in |
| August | 86.6°F | 59.7°F | 3.08 in | 88.2°F | 59.8°F | 2.65 in |
| September | 80.3°F | 52.5°F | 1.75 in | 81.6°F | 51.9°F | 1.15 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 40.3°F | 1.13 in | 67.3°F | 38.8°F | 1.15 in |
| November | 57.7°F | 29.7°F | 0.45 in | 54.1°F | 28.1°F | 0.39 in |
| December | 48.6°F | 22.0°F | 0.42 in | 44.2°F | 20.0°F | 0.29 in |
Cities that consider Clayton their climate twin
These US cities have Clayton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Clayton would feel familiar.
- Cheyenne Wells, CO (ranks Clayton #1)
- Winona, KS (ranks Clayton #2)
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 →