Hot-summer Mediterranean
Pine Mountain Club, California
Kern County, California · Population 2.7k · 5,623 ft elevation
Living in Pine Mountain Club
Pine Mountain Club has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and mild winters (January lows around 35°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (3″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 70, with about 65 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Pine Mountain Club is an outdoor hub: about 53% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,600 ft around town.
Pine Mountain Club at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 5,623 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 3″34th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,771 hrs98th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7097th percentile
- Median home value
- $366k68th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,807/mo81th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k25th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.75%31th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Average commute
- 48 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9998th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 67%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 53%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,610 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49°F | 35°F | 2.5″ | 0.8″ | 198 hrs |
| Feb | 49°F | 35°F | 3.7″ | 1.4″ | 220 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 37°F | 2.0″ | 0.2″ | 290 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 39°F | 0.8″ | — | 325 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 46°F | 0.4″ | — | 389 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 417 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 61°F | 0.1″ | — | 421 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 62°F | 0.1″ | — | 401 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 58°F | 0.1″ | — | 353 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 49°F | 0.6″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Nov | 56°F | 40°F | 0.8″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Dec | 48°F | 34°F | 2.0″ | 0.6″ | 204 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology