Warm-summer Mediterranean

Rio Dell, California

Humboldt County, California · Population 3.4k · 141 ft elevation

Living in Rio Dell

Rio Dell has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 70°F) and mild winters (January lows around 43°F).

Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (1″ a season).

Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.

Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Rio Dell: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,700 ft around town.

Rio Dell at a glance

Population
3.4k
Elevation
141 ft
Average daily high
64°F39th percentile
Average daily low
47°F57th percentile
Annual precipitation
48″67th percentile
Annual snowfall
1″25th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,764 hrs46th percentile
Median AQI
3825th percentile
Median home value
$313k60th percentile
Median rent
$1,057/mo39th percentile
Median household income
$46k10th percentile
Property tax rate
0.51%10th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
13.3%
Sales tax (state + local)
8.8%
Unemployment rate
9.9%
Homes with broadband
84%16th percentile
Walkability index
10.871th percentile
Average commute
23 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
15%5th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
35%
Violent crime rate
341 per 100k76th percentile
Property crime rate
1,084 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9773th percentile
Outdoor access
8282th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
2%
Public land within 30 miles
12%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
3,675 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Rio Dell, California
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan57°F43°F8.6″0.1″153 hrs
Feb58°F43°F7.8″0.1″157 hrs
Mar59°F44°F6.9″0.3″207 hrs
Apr62°F45°F3.9″—246 hrs
May64°F49°F1.9″—295 hrs
Jun67°F51°F0.6″—323 hrs
Jul70°F54°F0.1″—316 hrs
Aug72°F54°F0.1″—283 hrs
Sep73°F52°F0.5″—259 hrs
Oct69°F48°F2.4″—225 hrs
Nov61°F45°F5.2″—167 hrs
Dec55°F42°F9.7″0.2″134 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