Hot-summer Mediterranean
Piñon Hills, California
San Bernardino County, California · Population 7.1k · 4,180 ft elevation
Living in Piñon Hills
Piñon Hills has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 89°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 32°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it is a snowy place (62″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (87% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 77, with about 110 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Piñon Hills is an outdoor hub: about 40% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,000 ft around town.
Piñon Hills at a glance
- Population
- 7.1k
- Elevation
- 4,180 ft
- Average daily high
- 70°F63th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 62″92th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,879 hrs99th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7799th percentile
- Median home value
- $396k72th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,646/mo74th percentile
- Median household income
- $65k37th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.64%20th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 16.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.04th percentile
- Average commute
- 52 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 41%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 26%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 40%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,987 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54°F | 32°F | 4.4″ | 10.5″ | 249 hrs |
| Feb | 54°F | 31°F | 4.9″ | 24.8″ | 240 hrs |
| Mar | 60°F | 35°F | 1.9″ | 8.3″ | 309 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 38°F | 0.8″ | 7.2″ | 335 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 45°F | 0.8″ | 1.6″ | 384 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 50°F | 0.1″ | — | 407 hrs |
| Jul | 89°F | 59°F | 1.1″ | — | 405 hrs |
| Aug | 88°F | 57°F | 0.3″ | — | 391 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 52°F | 0.4″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Oct | 70°F | 43°F | 1.2″ | 0.5″ | 313 hrs |
| Nov | 61°F | 35°F | 1.1″ | 3.6″ | 264 hrs |
| Dec | 54°F | 31°F | 4.1″ | 5.3″ | 239 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