Warm-summer Mediterranean
Dayton, Washington
Columbia County, Washington · Population 2.7k · 1,657 ft elevation
Living in Dayton
Dayton has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 26°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 19″ a year, and it gets light snow (16″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% 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 24% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,200 ft around town.
Dayton at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 1,657 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 19″13th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 16″53th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,071 hrs74th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $224k40th percentile
- Median rent
- $926/mo27th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k46th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.80%36th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 72%2th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.810th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%58th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 70%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 90th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 24%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,232 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 26°F | 2.1″ | 6.3″ | 106 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 28°F | 1.7″ | 1.9″ | 160 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 33°F | 2.2″ | 1.0″ | 219 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 38°F | 1.9″ | 0.1″ | 283 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 44°F | 1.8″ | — | 337 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 50°F | 1.2″ | — | 367 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 55°F | 0.4″ | — | 433 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 54°F | 0.5″ | — | 388 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 47°F | 0.7″ | — | 306 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 38°F | 1.5″ | 0.1″ | 234 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 31°F | 2.4″ | 1.2″ | 141 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 26°F | 2.3″ | 5.2″ | 96 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