Climate twins of Tatum, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Tatum'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: Tatum vs its climate twin
Top match: Logan, NM
| Month | Tatum | Logan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 54.7°F | 23.2°F | 0.45 in | 53.6°F | 23.6°F | 0.40 in |
| February | 59.5°F | 26.7°F | 0.41 in | 58.2°F | 26.8°F | 0.36 in |
| March | 66.9°F | 32.6°F | 0.79 in | 66.3°F | 33.6°F | 0.84 in |
| April | 75.2°F | 39.7°F | 0.70 in | 74.0°F | 41.3°F | 0.90 in |
| May | 83.5°F | 50.3°F | 1.86 in | 83.2°F | 51.0°F | 1.40 in |
| June | 92.2°F | 59.9°F | 1.74 in | 93.0°F | 61.4°F | 1.55 in |
| July | 92.5°F | 63.6°F | 2.24 in | 95.0°F | 66.2°F | 1.94 in |
| August | 91.7°F | 62.3°F | 2.11 in | 92.7°F | 64.6°F | 2.21 in |
| September | 84.4°F | 55.0°F | 2.52 in | 85.7°F | 57.1°F | 1.37 in |
| October | 75.5°F | 43.4°F | 1.19 in | 74.4°F | 44.0°F | 1.31 in |
| November | 63.4°F | 31.1°F | 0.65 in | 62.4°F | 32.2°F | 0.55 in |
| December | 55.0°F | 24.5°F | 0.58 in | 53.0°F | 24.3°F | 0.52 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 →