Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Sisters, Oregon
Deschutes County, Oregon · Population 3k · 3,189 ft elevation
Living in Sisters
Sisters has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are sunny (63% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 23, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Sisters is an outdoor hub: about 67% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,600 ft around town.
Sisters at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 3,189 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,918 hrs59th percentile
- Median AQI
- 233th percentile
- Median home value
- $586k86th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,414/mo63th percentile
- Median household income
- $93k68th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.72%28th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8539th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 61%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 67%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,642 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 21°F | 1.7″ | 7.4″ | 129 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 22°F | 1.4″ | 5.7″ | 152 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 25°F | 1.3″ | 5.1″ | 193 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 29°F | 0.8″ | 2.3″ | 237 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 34°F | 1.5″ | 1.5″ | 295 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 39°F | 1.0″ | 0.2″ | 341 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 43°F | 0.6″ | — | 416 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 42°F | 0.6″ | — | 375 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 36°F | 0.5″ | 0.3″ | 297 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 29°F | 1.1″ | 3.1″ | 222 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 25°F | 2.2″ | 8.7″ | 144 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 20°F | 2.5″ | 10.8″ | 118 hrs |
Near Sisters
- Eagle Crest, OR · 2.9k
- Crooked River Ranch, OR · 4.7k
- Redmond, OR · 35k
- Bend, OR · 101k
- Deschutes River Woods, OR · 5.8k
- Three Rivers, OR · 4k
- Madras, OR · 7.6k
- Prineville, OR · 11k
Largest places in Oregon
- Portland, OR · 643k
- Eugene, OR · 178k
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- Beaverton, OR · 98k
- Medford, OR · 86k
- Springfield, OR · 62k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology