Warm-summer Mediterranean
Granite Falls, Washington
Snohomish County, Washington · Population 4.7k · 400 ft elevation
Living in Granite Falls
Granite Falls has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 28°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (4″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Granite Falls is an outdoor hub: about 43% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,000 ft around town.
Granite Falls at a glance
- Population
- 4.7k
- Elevation
- 400 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 4″37th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,317 hrs4th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $520k83th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,725/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $101k74th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.76%32th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.259th percentile
- Average commute
- 37 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 212 per 100k58th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 889 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 30%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 43%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,035 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 28°F | 5.9″ | 0.8″ | 99 hrs |
| Feb | 50°F | 27°F | 4.4″ | 0.7″ | 129 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 31°F | 5.0″ | 0.4″ | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 34°F | 4.3″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 40°F | 3.4″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Jun | 70°F | 44°F | 2.7″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 47°F | 1.1″ | — | 350 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 46°F | 1.3″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 41°F | 2.5″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 36°F | 4.9″ | — | 162 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 30°F | 7.2″ | 0.2″ | 97 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 27°F | 6.2″ | 2.2″ | 87 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