Hot-summer Mediterranean

Cloverdale, California

Sonoma County, California · Population 8.9k · 338 ft elevation

Living in Cloverdale

Cloverdale has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 95°F) and mild winters (January lows around 39°F).

Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.

Skies are exceptionally sunny (73% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.

Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 9 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Cloverdale: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,600 ft around town.

Cloverdale at a glance

Population
8.9k
Elevation
338 ft
Average daily high
77°F81th percentile
Average daily low
47°F57th percentile
Annual precipitation
42″44th percentile
Annual snowfall
0″0th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
3,322 hrs88th percentile
Median AQI
90th percentile
Median home value
$613k88th percentile
Median rent
$1,245/mo54th percentile
Median household income
$104k76th percentile
Property tax rate
0.77%33th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
13.3%
Sales tax (state + local)
8.8%
Unemployment rate
2.2%
Homes with broadband
93%62th percentile
Walkability index
12.682th percentile
Average commute
24 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
37%34th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
22%
Violent crime rate
287 per 100k70th percentile
Property crime rate
894 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9986th percentile
Outdoor access
8382th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
5%
Public land within 30 miles
10%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
2,625 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Cloverdale, California
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan60°F39°F8.1″—179 hrs
Feb64°F40°F8.1″—184 hrs
Mar68°F43°F5.7″—230 hrs
Apr74°F45°F2.5″—278 hrs
May82°F50°F1.5″—344 hrs
Jun90°F55°F0.3″—385 hrs
Jul95°F55°F0.0″—404 hrs
Aug93°F55°F0.1″—368 hrs
Sep90°F54°F0.1″—318 hrs
Oct81°F49°F1.8″—272 hrs
Nov67°F43°F4.7″—201 hrs
Dec59°F38°F8.8″—161 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