Warm-summer Mediterranean
Kelso, Washington
Cowlitz County, Washington · Population 13k · 69 ft elevation
Living in Kelso
Kelso has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and mild winters (January lows around 35°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (2″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Kelso: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,400 ft around town.
Kelso at a glance
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 69 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 2″32th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,235 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $302k58th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,131/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $59k29th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.82%38th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.380th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 33%30th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 54%
- Violent crime rate
- 118 per 100k36th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,523 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,428 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 35°F | 6.5″ | 0.5″ | 89 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 35°F | 4.8″ | 0.7″ | 120 hrs |
| Mar | 57°F | 37°F | 4.9″ | 0.2″ | 143 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 40°F | 4.1″ | — | 185 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 3.1″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 49°F | 2.0″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 53°F | 0.6″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 53°F | 1.0″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 49°F | 2.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 44°F | 4.4″ | — | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 38°F | 7.2″ | 0.1″ | 101 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 35°F | 7.1″ | 0.8″ | 83 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