Warm-summer Mediterranean
Silver Firs, Washington
Snohomish County, Washington · Population 22k · 518 ft elevation
Living in Silver Firs
Silver Firs has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 73°F) and mild winters (January lows around 37°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 33″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (3″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Silver Firs: about 21% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,200 ft around town.
Silver Firs at a glance
- Population
- 22k
- Elevation
- 518 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 33″22th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 3″34th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,316 hrs4th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $792k94th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,853/mo97th percentile
- Median household income
- $153k94th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.87%42th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.965th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 56%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 21%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,182 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 37°F | 3.9″ | 0.1″ | 99 hrs |
| Feb | 48°F | 37°F | 2.8″ | 2.2″ | 129 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 39°F | 3.6″ | 0.2″ | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 43°F | 2.7″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 48°F | 2.1″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Jun | 67°F | 52°F | 1.9″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jul | 73°F | 55°F | 0.8″ | — | 350 hrs |
| Aug | 73°F | 56°F | 1.0″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Sep | 68°F | 53°F | 1.7″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 46°F | 3.4″ | — | 162 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 40°F | 5.0″ | 0.3″ | 97 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 36°F | 4.5″ | 0.2″ | 87 hrs |
Near Silver Firs
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology