Warm-summer Mediterranean
Oak Harbor, Washington
Island County, Washington · Population 24k · 89 ft elevation
Living in Oak Harbor
Oak Harbor has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 69°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 20″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (5″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 25 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Oak Harbor: about 25% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,900 ft around town.
Oak Harbor at a glance
- Population
- 24k
- Elevation
- 89 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 20″14th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 5″40th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,399 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 253th percentile
- Median home value
- $422k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,629/mo73th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k47th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.80%36th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.393th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 43%47th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 58%
- Violent crime rate
- 129 per 100k39th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 940 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 25%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,870 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49°F | 38°F | 2.4″ | 1.1″ | 85 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 37°F | 1.6″ | 1.0″ | 126 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 40°F | 1.7″ | 0.6″ | 163 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 43°F | 1.7″ | — | 214 hrs |
| May | 62°F | 48°F | 1.7″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jun | 66°F | 51°F | 1.1″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Jul | 69°F | 54°F | 0.6″ | — | 356 hrs |
| Aug | 70°F | 54°F | 0.8″ | — | 321 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 50°F | 1.1″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 46°F | 2.0″ | — | 159 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 41°F | 3.1″ | 0.3″ | 96 hrs |
| Dec | 49°F | 38°F | 1.9″ | 2.4″ | 76 hrs |
Near Oak Harbor
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology