Climate twins of Jal, NM

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Jal'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
Hatch, NM
similarity distance: 1.158 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Sunland Park, NM
similarity distance: 1.193 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Elephant Butte, NM
similarity distance: 1.232 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Jal vs its climate twin

Top match: Hatch, NM

Month Jal Hatch
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 59.9°F 27.1°F 0.41 in 58.7°F 28.7°F 0.49 in
February 64.8°F 31.1°F 0.40 in 64.5°F 31.9°F 0.51 in
March 72.4°F 38.4°F 0.46 in 71.9°F 38.5°F 0.25 in
April 81.7°F 46.5°F 0.57 in 79.2°F 45.1°F 0.32 in
May 88.6°F 55.9°F 1.45 in 87.6°F 54.1°F 0.41 in
June 94.9°F 65.1°F 1.19 in 97.4°F 63.4°F 0.69 in
July 95.9°F 68.2°F 2.09 in 97.5°F 69.0°F 1.88 in
August 94.8°F 67.2°F 1.27 in 95.0°F 67.2°F 2.01 in
September 88.3°F 59.2°F 2.22 in 89.4°F 59.4°F 1.80 in
October 80.4°F 47.4°F 1.25 in 80.2°F 47.2°F 1.01 in
November 68.5°F 37.1°F 0.32 in 68.2°F 36.4°F 0.60 in
December 60.3°F 27.9°F 0.56 in 58.3°F 28.7°F 0.66 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 →