Warm-summer Mediterranean
Arcata, California
Humboldt County, California · Population 19k · 26 ft elevation
Living in Arcata
Arcata has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 63°F) and mild winters (January lows around 41°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Arcata: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,700 ft around town.
Arcata at a glance
- Population
- 19k
- Elevation
- 26 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,735 hrs42th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $467k79th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,287/mo56th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k13th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.58%15th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 13.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.197th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 379 per 100k80th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,745 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,707 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55°F | 41°F | 6.7″ | — | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 55°F | 41°F | 5.6″ | — | 155 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 42°F | 5.8″ | — | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 44°F | 3.6″ | — | 245 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 48°F | 1.7″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jun | 62°F | 50°F | 0.7″ | — | 322 hrs |
| Jul | 63°F | 52°F | 0.2″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Aug | 64°F | 53°F | 0.2″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 64°F | 51°F | 0.7″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 47°F | 2.3″ | — | 216 hrs |
| Nov | 58°F | 43°F | 4.9″ | — | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 55°F | 40°F | 8.1″ | — | 131 hrs |
Near Arcata
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology