Climate twins of Pecos, NM

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pecos'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: Pecos vs its climate twin

Top match: Springerville, AZ

Month	Pecos			Springerville
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	46.6°F	18.0°F	0.68 in	50.2°F	16.1°F	0.49 in
February	49.6°F	21.4°F	0.62 in	54.3°F	19.3°F	0.49 in
March	57.1°F	25.5°F	0.74 in	60.8°F	23.4°F	0.41 in
April	64.3°F	31.1°F	0.72 in	67.9°F	29.0°F	0.28 in
May	73.4°F	39.1°F	1.01 in	75.8°F	36.3°F	0.40 in
June	83.9°F	48.0°F	1.23 in	84.8°F	44.5°F	0.41 in
July	85.2°F	53.6°F	3.23 in	85.4°F	51.9°F	2.56 in
August	82.7°F	52.3°F	3.03 in	82.6°F	50.6°F	2.87 in
September	77.6°F	45.1°F	1.71 in	78.7°F	43.1°F	1.45 in
October	66.7°F	34.5°F	1.20 in	70.3°F	31.5°F	0.90 in
November	54.6°F	25.0°F	1.03 in	59.6°F	21.8°F	0.53 in
December	46.7°F	17.8°F	0.97 in	50.3°F	16.0°F	0.57 in

Cities that consider Pecos their climate twin

These US cities have Pecos in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pecos would feel familiar.

Eagar, AZ (ranks Pecos #1)
Springerville, AZ (ranks Pecos #1)
Ruidoso, NM (ranks Pecos #2)
Ruidoso Downs, NM (ranks Pecos #2)

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 →