Warm-summer Mediterranean
McKinleyville, California
Humboldt County, California · Population 17k · 144 ft elevation
Living in McKinleyville
McKinleyville has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 64°F) and mild winters (January lows around 41°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 46″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around McKinleyville: about 22% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,700 ft around town.
McKinleyville at a glance
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 144 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 46″60th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,735 hrs42th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $414k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,441/mo65th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k39th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.63%19th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.368th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 22%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,707 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57°F | 41°F | 7.5″ | — | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 57°F | 41°F | 6.5″ | — | 154 hrs |
| Mar | 57°F | 42°F | 6.3″ | — | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 43°F | 4.1″ | — | 245 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 46°F | 2.1″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jun | 63°F | 49°F | 1.0″ | — | 322 hrs |
| Jul | 64°F | 52°F | 0.2″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Aug | 65°F | 52°F | 0.3″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 65°F | 49°F | 0.8″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 45°F | 2.7″ | — | 216 hrs |
| Nov | 59°F | 42°F | 5.7″ | — | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 56°F | 40°F | 8.9″ | — | 131 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