Warm-summer Mediterranean
Boulder Creek, California
Santa Cruz County, California · Population 5.4k · 486 ft elevation
Living in Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and mild winters (January lows around 37°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (81% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Boulder Creek: about 7% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,200 ft around town.
Boulder Creek at a glance
- Population
- 5.4k
- Elevation
- 486 ft
- Average daily high
- 77°F81th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,663 hrs94th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $785k93th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,844/mo82th percentile
- Median household income
- $107k78th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.56%13th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.158th percentile
- Average commute
- 38 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,231 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 64°F | 37°F | 10.4″ | — | 194 hrs |
| Feb | 67°F | 39°F | 9.7″ | 0.1″ | 207 hrs |
| Mar | 70°F | 40°F | 7.0″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 75°F | 42°F | 3.3″ | — | 308 hrs |
| May | 79°F | 46°F | 1.2″ | — | 377 hrs |
| Jun | 85°F | 48°F | 0.2″ | — | 411 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 51°F | 0.0″ | — | 430 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 51°F | 0.0″ | — | 401 hrs |
| Sep | 88°F | 49°F | 0.1″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Oct | 83°F | 44°F | 2.2″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Nov | 71°F | 39°F | 5.0″ | — | 230 hrs |
| Dec | 64°F | 37°F | 10.4″ | — | 189 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