Warm-summer Mediterranean
Silverton, Oregon
Marion County, Oregon · Population 10k · 249 ft elevation
Living in Silverton
Silverton has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and mild winters (January lows around 36°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (1″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Silverton: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,100 ft around town.
Silverton at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 249 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 1″25th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,389 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $462k78th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,479/mo67th percentile
- Median household income
- $74k49th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.79%35th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.871th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,117 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 36°F | 6.7″ | 0.1″ | 96 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 36°F | 4.9″ | 0.8″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 39°F | 5.5″ | — | 150 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 42°F | 4.2″ | — | 192 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 48°F | 2.9″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 52°F | 1.8″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 56°F | 0.4″ | — | 357 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 56°F | 0.5″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 52°F | 1.7″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 45°F | 4.2″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 39°F | 7.0″ | — | 107 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 35°F | 7.5″ | 0.2″ | 85 hrs |
Near Silverton
- Mount Angel, OR · 3.4k
- Gervais, OR · 2.6k
- Hayesville, OR · 22k
- Woodburn, OR · 27k
- Four Corners, OR · 16k
- Aumsville, OR · 4.2k
- Keizer, OR · 39k
- Sublimity, OR · 3k
Largest places in Oregon
- Portland, OR · 643k
- Eugene, OR · 178k
- Salem, OR · 177k
- Gresham, OR · 113k
- Hillsboro, OR · 107k
- Bend, OR · 101k
- Beaverton, OR · 98k
- Medford, OR · 86k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology