Warm-summer Mediterranean
Elma, Washington
Grays Harbor County, Washington · Population 3.5k · 56 ft elevation
Living in Elma
Elma has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 78°F) and mild winters (January lows around 35°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 72″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (2″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Elma: about 18% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,400 ft around town.
Elma at a glance
- Population
- 3.5k
- Elevation
- 56 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 72″100th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 2″32th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,242 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $379k70th percentile
- Median rent
- $987/mo33th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k39th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.69%25th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.562th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 113 per 100k35th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,529 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 19%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 18%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,411 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49°F | 35°F | 11.1″ | 0.5″ | 87 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 34°F | 7.0″ | 0.5″ | 122 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 36°F | 8.2″ | 0.3″ | 148 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 39°F | 5.4″ | — | 189 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 44°F | 3.3″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 48°F | 2.2″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Jul | 78°F | 52°F | 0.8″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 52°F | 1.4″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 48°F | 2.7″ | — | 234 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 41°F | 7.2″ | — | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 37°F | 11.4″ | 0.5″ | 96 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 34°F | 11.4″ | 0.1″ | 81 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