Cold semi-arid
Lindsay, California
Tulare County, California · Population 13k · 397 ft elevation
Living in Lindsay
Lindsay has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 96°F) and mild winters (January lows around 37°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (82% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 64, with about 43 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lindsay: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 6,400 ft around town.
Lindsay at a glance
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 397 ft
- Average daily high
- 77°F81th percentile
- Average daily low
- 49°F66th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,702 hrs95th percentile
- Median AQI
- 6496th percentile
- Median home value
- $268k51th percentile
- Median rent
- $920/mo26th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k16th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.78%34th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 15.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 77%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.448th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 377 per 100k79th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,125 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 6,430 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57°F | 37°F | 2.3″ | 0.2″ | 181 hrs |
| Feb | 63°F | 40°F | 2.2″ | — | 210 hrs |
| Mar | 69°F | 44°F | 2.0″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Apr | 75°F | 47°F | 1.3″ | — | 320 hrs |
| May | 83°F | 53°F | 0.5″ | — | 388 hrs |
| Jun | 91°F | 58°F | 0.1″ | — | 419 hrs |
| Jul | 96°F | 65°F | 0.1″ | — | 425 hrs |
| Aug | 96°F | 62°F | 0.0″ | — | 404 hrs |
| Sep | 91°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 352 hrs |
| Oct | 79°F | 49°F | 0.7″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Nov | 66°F | 41°F | 1.1″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Dec | 57°F | 36°F | 1.9″ | — | 182 hrs |
Near Lindsay
- Strathmore, CA · 3.2k
- Exeter, CA · 10k
- Farmersville, CA · 10k
- Porterville, CA · 63k
- East Porterville, CA · 4.6k
- Tulare, CA · 70k
- Ivanhoe, CA · 4.4k
- Woodlake, CA · 7.7k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology