Climate twins of Santa Fe, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Santa Fe'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: Santa Fe vs its climate twin
Top match: Lake Arthur, LA
| Month | Santa Fe | Lake Arthur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 63.8°F | 45.7°F | 4.80 in | 61.4°F | 43.5°F | 5.61 in |
| February | 67.4°F | 49.8°F | 3.02 in | 65.6°F | 46.7°F | 4.20 in |
| March | 73.0°F | 55.6°F | 3.30 in | 71.6°F | 53.3°F | 3.10 in |
| April | 78.4°F | 61.3°F | 4.22 in | 77.6°F | 59.6°F | 4.75 in |
| May | 85.0°F | 69.1°F | 5.12 in | 83.5°F | 68.0°F | 4.61 in |
| June | 90.0°F | 74.7°F | 6.54 in | 89.9°F | 73.4°F | 6.17 in |
| July | 91.8°F | 76.0°F | 4.36 in | 91.4°F | 74.9°F | 4.99 in |
| August | 92.3°F | 75.9°F | 6.64 in | 92.0°F | 74.2°F | 6.08 in |
| September | 88.4°F | 71.8°F | 7.34 in | 88.8°F | 69.8°F | 5.85 in |
| October | 81.7°F | 62.6°F | 5.79 in | 81.0°F | 60.5°F | 4.51 in |
| November | 72.5°F | 53.4°F | 4.54 in | 71.2°F | 50.7°F | 5.25 in |
| December | 65.8°F | 47.4°F | 4.53 in | 63.4°F | 44.9°F | 4.78 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 →