Climate twins of Hatch, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hatch'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: Hatch vs its climate twin
Top match: Van Horn, TX
| Month | Hatch | Van Horn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.7°F | 28.7°F | 0.49 in | 59.1°F | 30.0°F | 0.47 in |
| February | 64.5°F | 31.9°F | 0.51 in | 64.2°F | 33.8°F | 0.44 in |
| March | 71.9°F | 38.5°F | 0.25 in | 71.6°F | 40.6°F | 0.25 in |
| April | 79.2°F | 45.1°F | 0.32 in | 78.8°F | 47.9°F | 0.22 in |
| May | 87.6°F | 54.1°F | 0.41 in | 86.6°F | 57.3°F | 0.49 in |
| June | 97.4°F | 63.4°F | 0.69 in | 94.5°F | 66.4°F | 1.10 in |
| July | 97.5°F | 69.0°F | 1.88 in | 92.9°F | 68.3°F | 2.05 in |
| August | 95.0°F | 67.2°F | 2.01 in | 91.9°F | 67.1°F | 1.95 in |
| September | 89.4°F | 59.4°F | 1.80 in | 85.9°F | 60.6°F | 1.50 in |
| October | 80.2°F | 47.2°F | 1.01 in | 78.7°F | 49.8°F | 0.94 in |
| November | 68.2°F | 36.4°F | 0.60 in | 68.1°F | 38.3°F | 0.42 in |
| December | 58.3°F | 28.7°F | 0.66 in | 59.2°F | 30.9°F | 0.49 in |
Cities that consider Hatch their climate twin
These US cities have Hatch in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hatch would feel familiar.
- Van Horn, TX (ranks Hatch #3)
- Dexter, NM (ranks Hatch #2)
- Hagerman, NM (ranks Hatch #1)
- Loving, NM (ranks Hatch #1)
- Carlsbad, NM (ranks Hatch #1)
- Clarkdale, AZ (ranks Hatch #1)
- Cottonwood, AZ (ranks Hatch #1)
- Jal, NM (ranks Hatch #1)
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 →