Warm-summer Mediterranean
Olympia, Washington
Thurston County, Washington · Population 56k · 105 ft elevation
Living in Olympia
Olympia has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 78°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 34°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (4″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Olympia: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,300 ft around town.
Olympia at a glance
- Population
- 56k
- Elevation
- 105 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 4″37th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,242 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $458k78th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,509/mo68th percentile
- Median household income
- $77k52th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.92%46th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.890th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 70%85th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%
- Violent crime rate
- 475 per 100k87th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,596 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,280 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 34°F | 7.8″ | 2.0″ | 87 hrs |
| Feb | 49°F | 33°F | 5.1″ | 0.6″ | 122 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 35°F | 5.7″ | 0.1″ | 148 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 38°F | 3.7″ | — | 189 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 43°F | 2.3″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 71°F | 48°F | 1.5″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Jul | 78°F | 51°F | 0.5″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 51°F | 1.0″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 47°F | 2.0″ | — | 234 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 41°F | 5.1″ | — | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 36°F | 8.2″ | — | 96 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 33°F | 7.8″ | 1.2″ | 81 hrs |
Near Olympia
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology