Warm-summer Mediterranean
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Clackamas County, Oregon · Population 40k · 200 ft elevation
Living in Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and mild winters (January lows around 37°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (4″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 31, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lake Oswego: about 12% 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.
Lake Oswego at a glance
- Population
- 40k
- Elevation
- 200 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 4″37th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,391 hrs9th percentile
- Median AQI
- 317th percentile
- Median home value
- $894k96th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,031/mo87th percentile
- Median household income
- $140k91th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.92%46th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.883th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 69%84th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 84%
- Violent crime rate
- 55 per 100k16th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 939 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,772 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 37°F | 6.5″ | 1.3″ | 96 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 37°F | 4.5″ | 1.4″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 58°F | 40°F | 4.8″ | — | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 43°F | 3.8″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 2.5″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 53°F | 1.8″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 57°F | 0.5″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 57°F | 0.6″ | — | 326 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 53°F | 1.6″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 46°F | 4.2″ | — | 177 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 40°F | 6.7″ | — | 106 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 36°F | 7.2″ | 0.9″ | 85 hrs |
Near Lake Oswego
- Oak Grove, OR · 17k
- Metzger, OR · 3.9k
- Tigard, OR · 55k
- Jennings Lodge, OR · 7.7k
- Milwaukie, OR · 21k
- West Linn, OR · 27k
- Tualatin, OR · 28k
- Garden Home-Whitford, OR · 7k
Largest places in Oregon
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology