Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Mammoth Lakes, California
Mono County, California · Population 7.2k · 7,874 ft elevation
Living in Mammoth Lakes
Mammoth Lakes has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 78°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 24″ a year, and it is a snowy place (70″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (77% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 21, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Mammoth Lakes is an outdoor hub: about 95% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 6,100 ft around town.
Mammoth Lakes at a glance
- Population
- 7.2k
- Elevation
- 7,874 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 24″16th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 70″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,432 hrs89th percentile
- Median AQI
- 212th percentile
- Median home value
- $657k90th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,637/mo73th percentile
- Median household income
- $87k63th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.67%23th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.185th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 310 per 100k72th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,381 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4710th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 96%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 95%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 6,070 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 16°F | 4.2″ | 19.0″ | 206 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 18°F | 3.8″ | 16.1″ | 197 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 22°F | 3.3″ | 11.6″ | 246 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 27°F | 1.5″ | 3.3″ | 277 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 34°F | 1.5″ | 1.6″ | 328 hrs |
| Jun | 70°F | 42°F | 0.5″ | 0.2″ | 383 hrs |
| Jul | 78°F | 49°F | 0.5″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 47°F | 0.5″ | — | 374 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 40°F | 0.5″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 30°F | 1.4″ | 1.4″ | 291 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 23°F | 2.0″ | 4.7″ | 227 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 17°F | 4.1″ | 11.6″ | 195 hrs |
Near Mammoth Lakes
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology