Warm-summer Mediterranean
Aberdeen, Washington
Grays Harbor County, Washington · Population 17k · 13 ft elevation
Living in Aberdeen
Aberdeen has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 68°F) and mild winters (January lows around 37°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 85″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (1″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (5 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Aberdeen: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Aberdeen at a glance
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 13 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 85″100th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 1″25th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,241 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $225k41th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,024/mo36th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k18th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.87%42th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.789th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 311 per 100k73th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,270 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 37°F | 13.9″ | — | 87 hrs |
| Feb | 50°F | 37°F | 8.6″ | 0.1″ | 122 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 38°F | 9.8″ | 0.2″ | 148 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 41°F | 6.3″ | — | 189 hrs |
| May | 61°F | 47°F | 3.5″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 65°F | 51°F | 2.4″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Jul | 68°F | 54°F | 0.9″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Aug | 69°F | 54°F | 1.5″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 51°F | 2.7″ | — | 234 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 45°F | 8.3″ | — | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 40°F | 13.7″ | 0.2″ | 97 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 37°F | 13.4″ | — | 81 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology