Warm-summer Mediterranean
Newport, Oregon
Lincoln County, Oregon · Population 10k · 141 ft elevation
Living in Newport
Newport has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 64°F) and mild winters (January lows around 39°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 72″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 21 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Newport is an outdoor hub: about 43% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Newport at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 141 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 72″100th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,573 hrs19th percentile
- Median AQI
- 212th percentile
- Median home value
- $405k73th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,153/mo47th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k26th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.04%54th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 17.1100th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 38%
- Violent crime rate
- 328 per 100k74th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,415 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9392th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 24%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 43%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,100 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 51°F | 39°F | 10.2″ | — | 109 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 38°F | 8.3″ | — | 130 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 40°F | 8.9″ | — | 163 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 42°F | 5.5″ | — | 208 hrs |
| May | 58°F | 46°F | 3.6″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jun | 61°F | 49°F | 2.8″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 64°F | 51°F | 0.6″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Aug | 64°F | 51°F | 1.0″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Sep | 66°F | 49°F | 2.3″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 46°F | 5.7″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 42°F | 10.6″ | — | 116 hrs |
| Dec | 50°F | 38°F | 12.8″ | 0.1″ | 94 hrs |
Near Newport
- Toledo, OR · 3.5k
- Lincoln Beach, OR · 2.7k
- Lincoln City, OR · 9.9k
- Philomath, OR · 5.5k
- Corvallis, OR · 60k
- Dallas, OR · 17k
- Monmouth, OR · 11k
- Florence, OR · 9.5k
Largest places in Oregon
- Portland, OR · 643k
- Eugene, OR · 178k
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- Bend, OR · 101k
- Beaverton, OR · 98k
- Medford, OR · 86k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology