Climate twins of Loving, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Loving'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: Loving vs its climate twin
Top match: Hatch, NM
| Month | Loving | Hatch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.7°F | 30.0°F | 0.56 in | 58.7°F | 28.7°F | 0.49 in |
| February | 64.0°F | 34.0°F | 0.45 in | 64.5°F | 31.9°F | 0.51 in |
| March | 71.8°F | 40.7°F | 0.54 in | 71.9°F | 38.5°F | 0.25 in |
| April | 80.1°F | 48.3°F | 0.45 in | 79.2°F | 45.1°F | 0.32 in |
| May | 88.0°F | 57.9°F | 0.99 in | 87.6°F | 54.1°F | 0.41 in |
| June | 96.6°F | 67.0°F | 1.07 in | 97.4°F | 63.4°F | 0.69 in |
| July | 96.5°F | 70.7°F | 2.03 in | 97.5°F | 69.0°F | 1.88 in |
| August | 95.3°F | 69.4°F | 1.63 in | 95.0°F | 67.2°F | 2.01 in |
| September | 88.4°F | 62.3°F | 2.49 in | 89.4°F | 59.4°F | 1.80 in |
| October | 79.7°F | 50.2°F | 1.01 in | 80.2°F | 47.2°F | 1.01 in |
| November | 67.8°F | 38.2°F | 0.66 in | 68.2°F | 36.4°F | 0.60 in |
| December | 58.6°F | 30.7°F | 0.67 in | 58.3°F | 28.7°F | 0.66 in |
Cities that consider Loving their climate twin
These US cities have Loving in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Loving would feel familiar.
- Rankin, TX (ranks Loving #1)
- Big Lake, TX (ranks Loving #1)
- Iraan, TX (ranks Loving #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 →