Warm-summer Mediterranean
Raymond, Washington
Pacific County, Washington · Population 3.2k · 16 ft elevation
Living in Raymond
Raymond has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 71°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 33°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 84″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (1″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Raymond: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.
Raymond at a glance
- Population
- 3.2k
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 84″100th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 1″25th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,237 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $215k38th percentile
- Median rent
- $916/mo26th percentile
- Median household income
- $53k19th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.85%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.416th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 14%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,608 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 33°F | 13.1″ | 0.5″ | 89 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 32°F | 8.7″ | 0.1″ | 120 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 35°F | 9.7″ | — | 142 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 37°F | 6.5″ | — | 185 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 43°F | 3.6″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Jun | 67°F | 47°F | 2.6″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jul | 71°F | 51°F | 0.9″ | — | 326 hrs |
| Aug | 73°F | 50°F | 1.4″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 46°F | 3.1″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 40°F | 8.3″ | — | 165 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 35°F | 13.0″ | — | 100 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 32°F | 12.6″ | 0.5″ | 83 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