Warm-summer Mediterranean
Lexington Hills, California
Santa Clara County, California · Population 2.8k · 1,224 ft elevation
Living in Lexington Hills
Lexington Hills has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and mild winters (January lows around 37°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 22″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (81% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 47, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lexington Hills: about 6% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,700 ft around town.
Lexington Hills at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 1,224 ft
- Average daily high
- 69°F60th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 22″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,663 hrs94th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4776th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.2M98th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,636/mo96th percentile
- Median household income
- $245k99th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.85%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 100%99th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.911th percentile
- Average commute
- 36 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 92%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,690 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56°F | 37°F | 5.0″ | — | 194 hrs |
| Feb | 59°F | 39°F | 4.9″ | — | 207 hrs |
| Mar | 64°F | 40°F | 3.4″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 42°F | 1.4″ | — | 308 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 47°F | 0.5″ | — | 377 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 50°F | 0.1″ | — | 411 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 53°F | 0.0″ | — | 430 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 53°F | 0.0″ | — | 402 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 51°F | 0.1″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Oct | 73°F | 46°F | 0.8″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Nov | 62°F | 40°F | 2.0″ | — | 230 hrs |
| Dec | 55°F | 37°F | 4.0″ | — | 189 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