Warm-summer Mediterranean
Crescent City, California
Del Norte County, California · Population 6.2k · 46 ft elevation
Living in Crescent City
Crescent City has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 63°F) and mild winters (January lows around 42°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 58″ 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.
Crescent City is an outdoor hub: about 65% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,400 ft around town.
Crescent City at a glance
- Population
- 6.2k
- Elevation
- 46 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 58″93th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,826 hrs53th percentile
- Median AQI
- 327th percentile
- Median home value
- $291k56th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,127/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $41k6th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.57%14th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 10.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.097th percentile
- Average commute
- 38 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 944 per 100k98th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,628 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 65%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,396 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56°F | 42°F | 9.4″ | — | 139 hrs |
| Feb | 56°F | 42°F | 6.9″ | — | 148 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 43°F | 7.8″ | — | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 44°F | 5.1″ | — | 233 hrs |
| May | 59°F | 47°F | 2.5″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Jun | 62°F | 49°F | 1.4″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Jul | 63°F | 52°F | 0.3″ | — | 378 hrs |
| Aug | 64°F | 53°F | 0.4″ | — | 337 hrs |
| Sep | 65°F | 50°F | 1.1″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 47°F | 4.1″ | — | 219 hrs |
| Nov | 58°F | 44°F | 7.8″ | — | 147 hrs |
| Dec | 55°F | 41°F | 11.1″ | — | 121 hrs |
Near Crescent City
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology