Warm-summer Mediterranean
Newberg, Oregon
Yamhill County, Oregon · Population 26k · 184 ft elevation
Living in Newberg
Newberg 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 44″ 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 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Newberg: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Newberg at a glance
- Population
- 26k
- Elevation
- 184 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 1″25th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,390 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $454k78th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,562/mo70th percentile
- Median household income
- $91k67th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.78%34th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.197th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 138 per 100k41th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 965 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8336th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,804 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 36°F | 6.4″ | 0.6″ | 96 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 37°F | 4.6″ | 0.1″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 39°F | 4.8″ | 0.2″ | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 42°F | 3.6″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 48°F | 2.6″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 52°F | 1.6″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 57°F | 0.4″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 57°F | 0.6″ | — | 326 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 53°F | 1.6″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 47°F | 4.2″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 41°F | 6.7″ | — | 106 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 35°F | 7.4″ | 0.1″ | 85 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