Warm-summer Mediterranean
Dayton, Oregon
Yamhill County, Oregon · Population 2.7k · 167 ft elevation
Living in Dayton
Dayton has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and mild winters (January lows around 35°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (1″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Dayton: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Dayton at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 167 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 1″25th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,390 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $373k69th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,882/mo83th percentile
- Median household income
- $80k55th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.81%37th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 11.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8336th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,837 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 35°F | 5.5″ | 0.6″ | 96 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 35°F | 4.1″ | 0.1″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 37°F | 4.2″ | 0.2″ | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 40°F | 3.0″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 44°F | 2.0″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 48°F | 1.3″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 52°F | 0.3″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 52°F | 0.4″ | — | 326 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 48°F | 1.3″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 3.5″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 38°F | 5.7″ | — | 107 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 34°F | 6.5″ | 0.1″ | 85 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