Climate twins of Roswell, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Roswell'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: Roswell vs its climate twin
Top match: Rio Rancho, NM
| Month | Roswell | Rio Rancho | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 55.9°F | 22.6°F | 0.43 in | 49.9°F | 23.7°F | 0.49 in |
| February | 60.7°F | 26.9°F | 0.36 in | 55.8°F | 27.8°F | 0.46 in |
| March | 69.4°F | 34.0°F | 0.57 in | 66.4°F | 33.6°F | 0.35 in |
| April | 76.4°F | 40.7°F | 0.67 in | 72.8°F | 41.0°F | 0.50 in |
| May | 84.5°F | 50.2°F | 1.03 in | 80.8°F | 48.9°F | 0.56 in |
| June | 93.6°F | 60.9°F | 0.74 in | 93.1°F | 59.2°F | 0.56 in |
| July | 93.9°F | 65.6°F | 1.95 in | 95.5°F | 64.1°F | 1.22 in |
| August | 91.7°F | 64.5°F | 1.61 in | 92.1°F | 62.7°F | 1.73 in |
| September | 84.4°F | 56.5°F | 1.60 in | 85.8°F | 55.8°F | 1.21 in |
| October | 75.9°F | 43.9°F | 1.45 in | 73.8°F | 43.8°F | 1.32 in |
| November | 63.5°F | 31.1°F | 0.61 in | 60.5°F | 31.4°F | 0.51 in |
| December | 55.6°F | 23.1°F | 0.60 in | 49.7°F | 24.2°F | 0.61 in |
Cities that consider Roswell their climate twin
These US cities have Roswell in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Roswell would feel familiar.
- Corrales, NM (ranks Roswell #2)
- Rio Rancho, NM (ranks Roswell #2)
- Magdalena, NM (ranks Roswell #2)
- Socorro, NM (ranks Roswell #2)
- Page, AZ (ranks Roswell #3)
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 →