Warm-summer Mediterranean
Brookings, Oregon
Curry County, Oregon · Population 6.7k · 138 ft elevation
Living in Brookings
Brookings has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 66°F) and mild winters (January lows around 43°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 78″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 32 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Brookings is an outdoor hub: about 71% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,500 ft around town.
Brookings at a glance
- Population
- 6.7k
- Elevation
- 138 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 47°F57th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 78″100th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,827 hrs53th percentile
- Median AQI
- 327th percentile
- Median home value
- $399k72th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,303/mo57th percentile
- Median household income
- $73k48th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.66%22th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.078th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 187 per 100k53th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 638 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8742th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 34%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 71%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,478 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54°F | 43°F | 12.6″ | — | 138 hrs |
| Feb | 55°F | 43°F | 9.9″ | — | 148 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 43°F | 9.9″ | — | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 45°F | 7.1″ | — | 234 hrs |
| May | 62°F | 48°F | 3.4″ | — | 306 hrs |
| Jun | 65°F | 51°F | 2.1″ | — | 333 hrs |
| Jul | 66°F | 53°F | 0.4″ | — | 379 hrs |
| Aug | 66°F | 54°F | 0.7″ | — | 338 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 52°F | 1.5″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 49°F | 5.0″ | — | 219 hrs |
| Nov | 57°F | 46°F | 11.1″ | — | 147 hrs |
| Dec | 53°F | 43°F | 14.1″ | — | 121 hrs |
Near Brookings
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology