Warm-summer Mediterranean
Redmond, Washington
King County, Washington · Population 76k · 49 ft elevation
Living in Redmond
Redmond has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 77°F) and mild winters (January lows around 37°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (4″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (55% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Redmond: about 22% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,300 ft around town.
Redmond at a glance
- Population
- 76k
- Elevation
- 49 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 4″37th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,575 hrs20th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.1M97th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,343/mo93th percentile
- Median household income
- $162k95th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.74%30th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.588th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 78%92th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 83%
- Violent crime rate
- 104 per 100k32th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,922 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 22%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,314 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 37°F | 5.1″ | 0.9″ | 104 hrs |
| Feb | 50°F | 37°F | 3.5″ | 1.0″ | 139 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 39°F | 3.9″ | — | 170 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 43°F | 3.0″ | — | 218 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 48°F | 2.2″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jun | 70°F | 53°F | 1.6″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jul | 77°F | 57°F | 0.8″ | — | 382 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 57°F | 1.0″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 53°F | 1.7″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 47°F | 3.6″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 41°F | 5.8″ | 0.2″ | 112 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 37°F | 5.5″ | 1.7″ | 89 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