Warm-summer Mediterranean
Fort Bragg, California
Mendocino County, California · Population 7k · 82 ft elevation
Living in Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 65°F) and mild winters (January lows around 40°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (73% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Fort Bragg: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,400 ft around town.
Fort Bragg at a glance
- Population
- 7k
- Elevation
- 82 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,324 hrs88th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $481k80th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,264/mo55th percentile
- Median household income
- $54k20th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.59%16th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.598th percentile
- Average commute
- 12 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 713 per 100k94th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,433 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 28%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,362 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 52°F | 40°F | 7.7″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Feb | 54°F | 41°F | 7.3″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 41°F | 6.4″ | — | 230 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 43°F | 3.6″ | — | 278 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 45°F | 1.6″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Jun | 63°F | 47°F | 0.7″ | — | 387 hrs |
| Jul | 65°F | 49°F | 0.1″ | — | 406 hrs |
| Aug | 65°F | 50°F | 0.1″ | — | 369 hrs |
| Sep | 65°F | 49°F | 0.3″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 46°F | 2.3″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Nov | 56°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 200 hrs |
| Dec | 52°F | 40°F | 8.7″ | — | 160 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