Warm-summer Mediterranean
Mount Shasta, California
Siskiyou County, California · Population 3.2k · 3,573 ft elevation
Living in Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 27°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it is a snowy place (89″ a season).
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Mount Shasta is an outdoor hub: about 47% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,500 ft around town.
Mount Shasta at a glance
- Population
- 3.2k
- Elevation
- 3,573 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 89″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,236 hrs86th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $283k54th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,477/mo67th percentile
- Median household income
- $48k13th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.79%35th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.268th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 322 per 100k74th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 484 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 56%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 47%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,495 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45°F | 27°F | 7.1″ | 18.2″ | 158 hrs |
| Feb | 48°F | 28°F | 7.4″ | 20.3″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 31°F | 6.2″ | 11.0″ | 213 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 34°F | 3.2″ | 5.4″ | 260 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 41°F | 2.2″ | 0.3″ | 330 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 46°F | 1.2″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 51°F | 0.2″ | — | 422 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 50°F | 0.2″ | — | 391 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 44°F | 0.5″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 38°F | 2.2″ | 0.2″ | 266 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 31°F | 4.3″ | 7.8″ | 177 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 27°F | 7.8″ | 26.1″ | 139 hrs |
Near Mount Shasta
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology