Warm-summer Mediterranean
Fortuna, California
Humboldt County, California · Population 12k · 66 ft elevation
Living in Fortuna
Fortuna has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 70°F) and mild winters (January lows around 43°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are sunny (61% 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 Fortuna: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,700 ft around town.
Fortuna at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 66 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 48°F62th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,765 hrs46th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $353k66th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,126/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k32th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.85%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.789th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 183 per 100k52th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,356 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,707 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57°F | 43°F | 8.6″ | — | 153 hrs |
| Feb | 58°F | 43°F | 7.8″ | — | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 59°F | 44°F | 6.9″ | — | 207 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 45°F | 3.9″ | — | 247 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 49°F | 1.9″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Jun | 67°F | 52°F | 0.6″ | — | 323 hrs |
| Jul | 70°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 316 hrs |
| Aug | 72°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 52°F | 0.5″ | — | 259 hrs |
| Oct | 69°F | 49°F | 2.4″ | — | 225 hrs |
| Nov | 61°F | 45°F | 5.2″ | — | 167 hrs |
| Dec | 55°F | 42°F | 9.7″ | — | 134 hrs |
Near Fortuna
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology