Hot-summer Mediterranean
Blackhawk, California
Contra Costa County, California · Population 10k · 1,010 ft elevation
Living in Blackhawk
Blackhawk has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 46°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 26″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (1″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (80% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Blackhawk: about 6% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,300 ft around town.
Blackhawk at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 1,010 ft
- Average daily high
- 71°F65th percentile
- Average daily low
- 54°F81th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 26″17th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 1″25th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,632 hrs93th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.9M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,501/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $240k99th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.51%10th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 99%97th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.736th percentile
- Average commute
- 38 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%89th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 81%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,329 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 46°F | 5.1″ | 0.1″ | 176 hrs |
| Feb | 58°F | 46°F | 4.9″ | 0.5″ | 204 hrs |
| Mar | 62°F | 47°F | 3.7″ | 0.1″ | 265 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 48°F | 1.9″ | — | 310 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 53°F | 1.1″ | — | 381 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 59°F | 0.3″ | — | 412 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 65°F | 0.0″ | — | 435 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 65°F | 0.0″ | — | 407 hrs |
| Sep | 84°F | 64°F | 0.1″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Oct | 76°F | 58°F | 1.2″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Nov | 64°F | 50°F | 2.6″ | — | 222 hrs |
| Dec | 57°F | 45°F | 5.1″ | — | 174 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