Climate twins of Hobbs, NM

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hobbs'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
Dell City, TX
similarity distance: 1.394 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Truth or Consequences, NM
similarity distance: 1.430 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Hatch, NM
similarity distance: 1.464 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Hobbs vs its climate twin

Top match: Dell City, TX

Month Hobbs Dell City
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 55.1°F 29.6°F 0.50 in 59.3°F 22.9°F 0.45 in
February 60.7°F 33.0°F 0.53 in 64.3°F 27.6°F 0.62 in
March 68.5°F 39.5°F 0.63 in 72.3°F 33.4°F 0.36 in
April 77.1°F 47.5°F 0.76 in 80.5°F 40.3°F 0.23 in
May 85.3°F 57.3°F 1.91 in 88.8°F 49.4°F 0.64 in
June 93.4°F 65.1°F 1.27 in 96.7°F 58.8°F 1.10 in
July 94.1°F 68.7°F 1.74 in 96.1°F 62.5°F 1.78 in
August 92.0°F 67.7°F 2.06 in 94.4°F 61.7°F 1.83 in
September 84.6°F 60.7°F 2.46 in 88.3°F 54.6°F 1.88 in
October 76.0°F 49.7°F 0.87 in 80.4°F 42.3°F 1.05 in
November 63.6°F 38.1°F 0.53 in 68.0°F 29.2°F 0.45 in
December 55.7°F 30.5°F 0.51 in 59.0°F 23.5°F 0.51 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 →