Climate twins of Magdalena, NM

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Magdalena'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
Holbrook, AZ
similarity distance: 1.205 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Roswell, NM
similarity distance: 1.357 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Santa Rosa, NM
similarity distance: 1.378 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Magdalena vs its climate twin

Top match: Holbrook, AZ

Month Magdalena Holbrook
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 52.2°F 23.3°F 0.30 in 51.3°F 21.7°F 0.73 in
February 59.2°F 27.9°F 0.28 in 57.1°F 24.8°F 0.35 in
March 67.4°F 33.7°F 0.51 in 65.2°F 30.6°F 0.52 in
April 74.7°F 40.8°F 0.34 in 72.1°F 37.4°F 0.26 in
May 82.7°F 49.0°F 0.38 in 81.4°F 45.8°F 0.29 in
June 91.2°F 57.1°F 0.42 in 91.5°F 54.9°F 0.25 in
July 91.5°F 63.3°F 2.43 in 94.1°F 62.4°F 1.05 in
August 88.9°F 61.2°F 2.09 in 91.0°F 61.4°F 1.71 in
September 83.6°F 53.4°F 1.34 in 85.6°F 53.7°F 1.13 in
October 72.7°F 41.5°F 0.94 in 74.8°F 40.7°F 0.90 in
November 60.5°F 30.5°F 0.45 in 61.1°F 28.7°F 0.50 in
December 50.5°F 23.7°F 0.57 in 49.8°F 21.5°F 0.44 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 →