Warm-summer Mediterranean
Harrisburg, Oregon
Linn County, Oregon · Population 3.7k · 312 ft elevation
Living in Harrisburg
Harrisburg has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and mild winters (January lows around 35°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (7″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Harrisburg: about 20% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Harrisburg at a glance
- Population
- 3.7k
- Elevation
- 312 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 7″42th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,571 hrs19th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $304k58th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,225/mo53th percentile
- Median household income
- $74k49th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.91%45th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.286th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,837 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 35°F | 6.0″ | 2.1″ | 110 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 35°F | 4.7″ | 1.3″ | 130 hrs |
| Mar | 57°F | 37°F | 4.6″ | 0.5″ | 164 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 40°F | 3.3″ | 0.1″ | 208 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 44°F | 2.5″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 48°F | 1.2″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 52°F | 0.3″ | — | 379 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 52°F | 0.4″ | — | 344 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 48°F | 1.4″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 42°F | 3.2″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 38°F | 6.0″ | 0.6″ | 117 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 34°F | 7.2″ | 2.8″ | 95 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