Hot-summer Mediterranean
Corning, California
Tehama County, California · Population 8.2k · 279 ft elevation
Living in Corning
Corning has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (73% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Corning: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,000 ft around town.
Corning at a glance
- Population
- 8.2k
- Elevation
- 279 ft
- Average daily high
- 76°F78th percentile
- Average daily low
- 49°F66th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,337 hrs88th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $275k53th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,116/mo44th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k24th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.62%18th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.173th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 12%3th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 567 per 100k90th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,159 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,953 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57°F | 38°F | 4.5″ | — | 171 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 40°F | 4.1″ | — | 177 hrs |
| Mar | 67°F | 43°F | 2.8″ | — | 220 hrs |
| Apr | 73°F | 47°F | 1.4″ | — | 265 hrs |
| May | 81°F | 53°F | 1.1″ | — | 336 hrs |
| Jun | 89°F | 60°F | 0.4″ | — | 390 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 63°F | 0.0″ | — | 428 hrs |
| Aug | 93°F | 61°F | 0.1″ | — | 396 hrs |
| Sep | 90°F | 58°F | 0.2″ | — | 334 hrs |
| Oct | 79°F | 51°F | 0.9″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Nov | 65°F | 42°F | 2.0″ | — | 191 hrs |
| Dec | 56°F | 37°F | 3.8″ | — | 154 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