Hot-summer Mediterranean
Folsom, California
Sacramento County, California · Population 82k · 217 ft elevation
Living in Folsom
Folsom has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and mild winters (January lows around 41°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 19″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (80% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 49, with about 5 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Folsom: about 8% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,700 ft around town.
Folsom at a glance
- Population
- 82k
- Elevation
- 217 ft
- Average daily high
- 75°F76th percentile
- Average daily low
- 51°F73th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 19″13th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,635 hrs94th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4982th percentile
- Median home value
- $702k91th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,279/mo92th percentile
- Median household income
- $139k91th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.86%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.078th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%56th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 61%
- Violent crime rate
- 161 per 100k47th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,246 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,723 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56°F | 41°F | 3.9″ | — | 175 hrs |
| Feb | 62°F | 43°F | 3.6″ | — | 203 hrs |
| Mar | 67°F | 46°F | 2.8″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Apr | 73°F | 49°F | 1.4″ | — | 311 hrs |
| May | 81°F | 53°F | 0.9″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Jun | 88°F | 58°F | 0.2″ | — | 415 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 61°F | 0.0″ | — | 437 hrs |
| Aug | 93°F | 60°F | 0.0″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Sep | 89°F | 58°F | 0.1″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Oct | 78°F | 52°F | 0.9″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Nov | 65°F | 45°F | 1.8″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Dec | 56°F | 40°F | 3.5″ | — | 172 hrs |
Near Folsom
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology