Climate twins of Tularosa, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Tularosa'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: Tularosa vs its climate twin
Top match: Lordsburg, NM
| Month | Tularosa | Lordsburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 55.6°F | 28.9°F | 0.45 in | 60.5°F | 24.2°F | 0.88 in |
| February | 61.0°F | 33.2°F | 0.48 in | 65.5°F | 27.2°F | 0.79 in |
| March | 68.5°F | 38.8°F | 0.35 in | 73.3°F | 31.8°F | 0.60 in |
| April | 76.5°F | 44.8°F | 0.35 in | 82.2°F | 36.9°F | 0.25 in |
| May | 84.7°F | 53.3°F | 0.49 in | 90.8°F | 46.8°F | 0.25 in |
| June | 93.7°F | 61.8°F | 0.75 in | 99.5°F | 57.1°F | 0.34 in |
| July | 93.2°F | 65.6°F | 1.79 in | 98.6°F | 64.1°F | 2.12 in |
| August | 91.3°F | 64.5°F | 1.81 in | 96.2°F | 62.2°F | 2.17 in |
| September | 85.6°F | 58.5°F | 1.73 in | 91.4°F | 55.1°F | 1.21 in |
| October | 75.8°F | 47.8°F | 1.09 in | 82.4°F | 42.4°F | 0.73 in |
| November | 63.7°F | 36.8°F | 0.67 in | 70.2°F | 29.7°F | 0.79 in |
| December | 55.1°F | 29.5°F | 0.87 in | 59.0°F | 24.6°F | 1.19 in |
Cities that consider Tularosa their climate twin
These US cities have Tularosa in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Tularosa would feel familiar.
- Lordsburg, NM (ranks Tularosa #1)
- Duncan, AZ (ranks Tularosa #2)
- Virden, NM (ranks Tularosa #2)
- Valentine, TX (ranks Tularosa #1)
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 →