Hot semi-arid
Placentia, California
Orange County, California · Population 52k · 262 ft elevation
Living in Placentia
Placentia has a hot semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 49°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 53, with about 13 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Placentia: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,900 ft around town.
Placentia at a glance
- Population
- 52k
- Elevation
- 262 ft
- Average daily high
- 79°F87th percentile
- Average daily low
- 57°F87th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 14″8th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,762 hrs96th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5389th percentile
- Median home value
- $871k95th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,267/mo92th percentile
- Median household income
- $111k80th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.69%25th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.393th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 54%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 68%
- Violent crime rate
- 245 per 100k63th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,211 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,871 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 71°F | 49°F | 3.2″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Feb | 71°F | 49°F | 3.0″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Mar | 74°F | 51°F | 1.8″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Apr | 77°F | 54°F | 0.7″ | — | 317 hrs |
| May | 78°F | 58°F | 0.4″ | — | 363 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 62°F | 0.1″ | — | 386 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 66°F | 0.1″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 66°F | 0.0″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Sep | 88°F | 64°F | 0.1″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Oct | 83°F | 59°F | 0.6″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Nov | 77°F | 53°F | 1.0″ | — | 259 hrs |
| Dec | 71°F | 48°F | 2.4″ | — | 233 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