Warm-summer Mediterranean
Molalla, Oregon
Clackamas County, Oregon · Population 10k · 384 ft elevation
Living in Molalla
Molalla has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and mild winters (January lows around 36°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 46″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (1″ 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 Molalla: about 24% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,500 ft around town.
Molalla at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 384 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 46″60th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 1″25th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,390 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 317th percentile
- Median home value
- $417k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,496/mo68th percentile
- Median household income
- $84k60th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.80%36th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.682th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 198 per 100k55th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 524 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 24%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,543 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 36°F | 5.9″ | 0.1″ | 96 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 37°F | 4.3″ | 0.8″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 57°F | 39°F | 5.2″ | — | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 48°F | 3.4″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 52°F | 2.1″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 56°F | 0.6″ | — | 357 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 57°F | 0.6″ | — | 326 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 53°F | 1.9″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 46°F | 4.3″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 40°F | 6.9″ | — | 107 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 36°F | 6.7″ | 0.2″ | 85 hrs |
Near Molalla
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology