Climate twins of Ruidoso, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ruidoso'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: Ruidoso vs its climate twin
Top match: Las Vegas, NM
| Month | Ruidoso | Las Vegas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.8°F | 20.6°F | 1.11 in | 50.1°F | 11.3°F | 0.42 in |
| February | 51.0°F | 23.2°F | 1.03 in | 52.8°F | 14.4°F | 0.45 in |
| March | 57.5°F | 27.0°F | 0.88 in | 60.4°F | 20.3°F | 0.56 in |
| April | 64.9°F | 32.7°F | 0.67 in | 67.2°F | 28.2°F | 0.70 in |
| May | 72.8°F | 40.3°F | 1.16 in | 75.0°F | 35.7°F | 1.49 in |
| June | 81.6°F | 47.3°F | 2.05 in | 84.7°F | 45.2°F | 1.36 in |
| July | 81.2°F | 51.2°F | 4.31 in | 85.2°F | 51.2°F | 3.19 in |
| August | 78.5°F | 50.3°F | 4.23 in | 84.2°F | 50.2°F | 3.12 in |
| September | 74.8°F | 44.3°F | 2.49 in | 78.6°F | 42.1°F | 2.43 in |
| October | 66.7°F | 35.3°F | 1.69 in | 69.2°F | 29.4°F | 1.69 in |
| November | 55.7°F | 26.1°F | 0.84 in | 58.7°F | 19.0°F | 0.57 in |
| December | 48.4°F | 21.5°F | 1.54 in | 50.2°F | 11.5°F | 0.74 in |
Cities that consider Ruidoso their climate twin
These US cities have Ruidoso in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ruidoso would feel familiar.
- Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ (ranks Ruidoso #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 →