Climate twins of Cloudcroft, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cloudcroft'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: Cloudcroft vs its climate twin
Top match: Bayfield, CO
| Month | Cloudcroft | Bayfield | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.4°F | 19.0°F | 1.59 in | 38.0°F | 7.2°F | 2.52 in |
| February | 44.6°F | 21.7°F | 1.69 in | 40.8°F | 11.1°F | 2.14 in |
| March | 50.8°F | 25.6°F | 1.45 in | 49.1°F | 20.4°F | 1.69 in |
| April | 58.0°F | 31.2°F | 0.85 in | 56.8°F | 27.2°F | 1.36 in |
| May | 65.9°F | 38.1°F | 1.22 in | 65.7°F | 34.6°F | 1.66 in |
| June | 74.3°F | 44.8°F | 2.22 in | 76.8°F | 42.1°F | 0.88 in |
| July | 72.2°F | 48.0°F | 5.53 in | 81.1°F | 48.8°F | 2.57 in |
| August | 70.8°F | 47.4°F | 5.01 in | 78.7°F | 47.8°F | 3.24 in |
| September | 67.3°F | 42.2°F | 3.23 in | 72.5°F | 40.3°F | 3.36 in |
| October | 60.1°F | 34.0°F | 2.13 in | 60.9°F | 30.3°F | 2.34 in |
| November | 50.6°F | 25.5°F | 1.38 in | 48.3°F | 20.5°F | 1.93 in |
| December | 42.8°F | 19.4°F | 2.15 in | 38.5°F | 12.1°F | 2.07 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 →