Warm-summer Mediterranean
Seaside, Oregon
Clatsop County, Oregon · Population 7.2k · 16 ft elevation
Living in Seaside
Seaside has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 65°F) and mild winters (January lows around 39°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 77″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Seaside: about 37% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Seaside at a glance
- Population
- 7.2k
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 77″100th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,235 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $414k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $981/mo32th percentile
- Median household income
- $46k10th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.80%36th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 16.099th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 282 per 100k69th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,074 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 37%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,100 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 52°F | 39°F | 11.0″ | — | 89 hrs |
| Feb | 53°F | 38°F | 8.1″ | — | 120 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 40°F | 9.4″ | — | 143 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 42°F | 6.6″ | — | 185 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 46°F | 3.9″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Jun | 62°F | 50°F | 2.7″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Jul | 65°F | 53°F | 0.9″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Aug | 66°F | 54°F | 1.2″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 50°F | 2.9″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 46°F | 6.6″ | — | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 42°F | 12.0″ | — | 101 hrs |
| Dec | 51°F | 39°F | 11.4″ | — | 83 hrs |
Near Seaside
- Warrenton, OR · 6.3k
- Astoria, OR · 10k
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- Tillamook, OR · 5.2k
- Forest Grove, OR · 26k
- North Plains, OR · 3.4k
- Scappoose, OR · 8.1k
- Cornelius, OR · 14k
Largest places in Oregon
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology