Cold semi-arid
Pine Canyon, California
Monterey County, California · Population 2.5k · 341 ft elevation
Living in Pine Canyon
Pine Canyon has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (80% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Pine Canyon: about 20% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,200 ft around town.
Pine Canyon at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 341 ft
- Average daily high
- 75°F76th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,563 hrs92th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $372k69th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,686/mo75th percentile
- Median household income
- $106k78th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.93%47th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.192th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 427 per 100k84th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 917 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,215 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63°F | 38°F | 2.4″ | — | 220 hrs |
| Feb | 65°F | 40°F | 2.5″ | — | 211 hrs |
| Mar | 70°F | 42°F | 2.0″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Apr | 74°F | 44°F | 0.8″ | — | 303 hrs |
| May | 78°F | 48°F | 0.3″ | — | 361 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 51°F | 0.0″ | — | 387 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 54°F | 0.0″ | — | 385 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 54°F | 0.0″ | — | 360 hrs |
| Sep | 85°F | 51°F | 0.1″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Oct | 80°F | 46°F | 0.5″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Nov | 70°F | 41°F | 1.0″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Dec | 62°F | 37°F | 2.0″ | — | 207 hrs |
Near Pine Canyon
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology