Climate twins of Clovis, NM

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Clovis'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
White Deer, TX
similarity distance: 1.327 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Keyes, OK
similarity distance: 1.472 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Boise City, OK
similarity distance: 1.472 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Clovis vs its climate twin

Top match: White Deer, TX

Month Clovis White Deer
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 52.7°F 26.0°F 0.68 in 50.1°F 23.8°F 0.53 in
February 57.3°F 28.9°F 0.41 in 54.1°F 26.6°F 0.50 in
March 65.1°F 35.2°F 0.98 in 63.9°F 33.7°F 1.24 in
April 72.7°F 42.1°F 0.84 in 71.7°F 41.5°F 1.60 in
May 81.7°F 51.9°F 1.97 in 80.3°F 51.8°F 2.74 in
June 91.1°F 61.6°F 2.42 in 89.2°F 62.1°F 3.22 in
July 92.2°F 65.4°F 2.97 in 93.4°F 66.2°F 2.57 in
August 90.8°F 63.5°F 3.84 in 91.3°F 65.0°F 3.07 in
September 83.5°F 56.8°F 2.03 in 83.8°F 57.4°F 1.91 in
October 73.3°F 44.8°F 2.54 in 72.7°F 45.3°F 1.97 in
November 61.4°F 33.6°F 0.67 in 60.1°F 33.4°F 0.80 in
December 53.2°F 27.1°F 0.73 in 50.2°F 25.2°F 0.91 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 →