Warm-summer Mediterranean
Santa Clara, Oregon
Lane County, Oregon · Population 11k · 404 ft elevation
Living in Santa Clara
Santa Clara has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and mild winters (January lows around 35°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (8″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 46, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Santa Clara: about 23% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,000 ft around town.
Santa Clara at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 404 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 8″43th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,571 hrs19th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $382k70th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,571/mo70th percentile
- Median household income
- $83k59th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.69%25th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.091th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 41%41th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 56%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 23%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,001 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 35°F | 6.0″ | 2.3″ | 110 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 35°F | 4.7″ | 1.5″ | 130 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 37°F | 4.6″ | 0.6″ | 164 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 40°F | 3.3″ | 0.1″ | 208 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 44°F | 2.5″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 47°F | 1.2″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 52°F | 0.3″ | — | 378 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 51°F | 0.4″ | — | 344 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 48°F | 1.4″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 42°F | 3.2″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 38°F | 6.0″ | 0.7″ | 117 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 34°F | 7.2″ | 3.1″ | 95 hrs |
Near Santa Clara
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology