Climate twins of Van Horn, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Van Horn'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: Van Horn vs its climate twin
Top match: Williamsburg, NM
| Month | Van Horn | Williamsburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 59.1°F | 30.0°F | 0.47 in | 58.4°F | 27.4°F | 0.41 in |
| February | 64.2°F | 33.8°F | 0.44 in | 64.0°F | 31.4°F | 0.36 in |
| March | 71.6°F | 40.6°F | 0.25 in | 70.9°F | 38.2°F | 0.28 in |
| April | 78.8°F | 47.9°F | 0.22 in | 79.2°F | 44.5°F | 0.23 in |
| May | 86.6°F | 57.3°F | 0.49 in | 87.8°F | 54.1°F | 0.29 in |
| June | 94.5°F | 66.4°F | 1.10 in | 97.3°F | 63.2°F | 0.65 in |
| July | 92.9°F | 68.3°F | 2.05 in | 97.0°F | 67.7°F | 2.16 in |
| August | 91.9°F | 67.1°F | 1.95 in | 94.6°F | 66.0°F | 1.88 in |
| September | 85.9°F | 60.6°F | 1.50 in | 89.1°F | 58.8°F | 1.70 in |
| October | 78.7°F | 49.8°F | 0.94 in | 79.2°F | 47.0°F | 0.93 in |
| November | 68.1°F | 38.3°F | 0.42 in | 67.2°F | 34.8°F | 0.52 in |
| December | 59.2°F | 30.9°F | 0.49 in | 57.4°F | 27.5°F | 0.57 in |
Cities that consider Van Horn their climate twin
These US cities have Van Horn in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Van Horn would feel familiar.
- Williamsburg, NM (ranks Van Horn #1)
- Elephant Butte, NM (ranks Van Horn #1)
- Hatch, NM (ranks Van Horn #1)
- Truth or Consequences, NM (ranks Van Horn #2)
- Columbus, NM (ranks Van Horn #1)
- Deming, NM (ranks Van Horn #2)
- Andrews, TX (ranks Van Horn #1)
- Douglas, AZ (ranks Van Horn #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 →