Climate twins of Grady, NM

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Grady'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
Rolla, KS
similarity distance: 1.195 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Richfield, KS
similarity distance: 1.195 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Johnson City, KS
similarity distance: 1.354 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Grady vs its climate twin

Top match: Rolla, KS

Month Grady Rolla
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 50.8°F 22.4°F 0.43 in 48.4°F 19.1°F 0.39 in
February 55.4°F 25.0°F 0.38 in 52.6°F 21.7°F 0.35 in
March 63.9°F 31.8°F 0.90 in 60.9°F 28.0°F 0.98 in
April 71.8°F 39.0°F 0.80 in 69.9°F 36.4°F 1.32 in
May 80.2°F 48.6°F 1.70 in 79.3°F 48.1°F 2.09 in
June 89.7°F 58.7°F 2.44 in 89.7°F 59.1°F 2.64 in
July 91.2°F 62.7°F 2.39 in 94.5°F 63.9°F 2.74 in
August 89.1°F 61.5°F 3.07 in 91.3°F 62.0°F 2.87 in
September 82.7°F 54.6°F 2.14 in 84.9°F 53.3°F 1.54 in
October 72.2°F 43.1°F 2.34 in 72.7°F 39.7°F 1.70 in
November 60.5°F 31.2°F 0.50 in 59.7°F 28.1°F 0.42 in
December 51.1°F 23.7°F 0.51 in 48.9°F 20.5°F 0.63 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 →