Hot-summer Mediterranean
Jackson, California
Amador County, California · Population 5.1k · 1,214 ft elevation
Living in Jackson
Jackson has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 95°F) and mild winters (January lows around 40°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 32″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (77% 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 Jackson: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,700 ft around town.
Jackson at a glance
- Population
- 5.1k
- Elevation
- 1,214 ft
- Average daily high
- 74°F73th percentile
- Average daily low
- 51°F73th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 32″20th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,466 hrs89th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $433k75th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,397/mo62th percentile
- Median household income
- $75k50th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.59%16th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 77%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.041th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 451 per 100k85th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,098 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7932th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,724 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56°F | 40°F | 6.1″ | — | 182 hrs |
| Feb | 59°F | 43°F | 5.7″ | — | 180 hrs |
| Mar | 63°F | 43°F | 4.9″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 46°F | 2.8″ | — | 273 hrs |
| May | 76°F | 52°F | 1.7″ | — | 351 hrs |
| Jun | 87°F | 58°F | 0.4″ | — | 404 hrs |
| Jul | 95°F | 64°F | 0.0″ | — | 428 hrs |
| Aug | 93°F | 63°F | 0.0″ | — | 402 hrs |
| Sep | 88°F | 61°F | 0.3″ | — | 339 hrs |
| Oct | 78°F | 54°F | 1.7″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Nov | 65°F | 45°F | 3.1″ | — | 213 hrs |
| Dec | 56°F | 40°F | 5.4″ | — | 171 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