Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Goldendale, Washington
Klickitat County, Washington · Population 3.5k · 1,631 ft elevation
Living in Goldendale
Goldendale has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it gets light snow (27″ a season).
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22, with about 10 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Goldendale: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,200 ft around town.
Goldendale at a glance
- Population
- 3.5k
- Elevation
- 1,631 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 27″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,847 hrs54th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $194k32th percentile
- Median rent
- $892/mo23th percentile
- Median household income
- $42k6th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.85%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 14.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 76%4th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%24th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%
- Violent crime rate
- 85 per 100k26th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,089 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7426th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,215 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 24°F | 2.8″ | 10.2″ | 116 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 25°F | 1.8″ | 3.5″ | 151 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 29°F | 1.6″ | 0.6″ | 194 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 33°F | 1.1″ | — | 247 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 39°F | 1.0″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 45°F | 0.6″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 50°F | 0.1″ | — | 409 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 49°F | 0.1″ | — | 368 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 42°F | 0.4″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 34°F | 1.4″ | — | 211 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 28°F | 2.4″ | 2.7″ | 134 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 24°F | 3.2″ | 9.6″ | 102 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