Hot-summer Mediterranean
Durham, California
Butte County, California · Population 6.1k · 154 ft elevation
Living in Durham
Durham has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 95°F) and mild winters (January lows around 36°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 27″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (77% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 46 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Durham: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,600 ft around town.
Durham at a glance
- Population
- 6.1k
- Elevation
- 154 ft
- Average daily high
- 76°F78th percentile
- Average daily low
- 48°F62th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 27″18th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,511 hrs90th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $612k88th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,092/mo42th percentile
- Median household income
- $121k85th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.65%21th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.619th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,576 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56°F | 36°F | 5.1″ | — | 174 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 38°F | 5.1″ | 0.1″ | 188 hrs |
| Mar | 67°F | 42°F | 3.6″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Apr | 73°F | 45°F | 1.9″ | — | 290 hrs |
| May | 81°F | 52°F | 1.4″ | — | 369 hrs |
| Jun | 89°F | 58°F | 0.6″ | — | 409 hrs |
| Jul | 95°F | 61°F | 0.0″ | — | 439 hrs |
| Aug | 94°F | 59°F | 0.1″ | — | 406 hrs |
| Sep | 91°F | 55°F | 0.3″ | — | 343 hrs |
| Oct | 80°F | 48°F | 1.7″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Nov | 65°F | 40°F | 2.4″ | — | 203 hrs |
| Dec | 57°F | 36°F | 5.0″ | — | 163 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