Warm-summer Mediterranean
Pine Hills, California
Humboldt County, California · Population 3.2k · 427 ft elevation
Living in Pine Hills
Pine Hills has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 62°F) and mild winters (January lows around 40°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are sunny (61% 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 Hills: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,700 ft around town.
Pine Hills at a glance
- Population
- 3.2k
- Elevation
- 427 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,765 hrs46th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $452k77th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,697/mo76th percentile
- Median household income
- $84k60th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.56%13th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.387th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 10%2th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,740 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54°F | 40°F | 6.7″ | — | 153 hrs |
| Feb | 54°F | 40°F | 5.6″ | — | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 41°F | 5.8″ | — | 207 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 43°F | 3.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| May | 58°F | 46°F | 1.7″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Jun | 61°F | 49°F | 0.7″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Jul | 62°F | 51°F | 0.2″ | — | 316 hrs |
| Aug | 63°F | 52°F | 0.2″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Sep | 63°F | 49°F | 0.7″ | — | 259 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 46°F | 2.3″ | — | 225 hrs |
| Nov | 57°F | 42°F | 4.9″ | — | 167 hrs |
| Dec | 53°F | 39°F | 8.1″ | — | 134 hrs |
Near Pine Hills
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology