Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Suncrest, Washington
Stevens County, Washington · Population 5.6k · 1,824 ft elevation
Living in Suncrest
Suncrest has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (48″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35, with about 9 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Suncrest: about 8% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
Suncrest at a glance
- Population
- 5.6k
- Elevation
- 1,824 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,444 hrs11th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $470k79th percentile
- Median household income
- $102k75th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.79%35th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Average commute
- 40 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,739 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 25°F | 2.0″ | 13.0″ | 77 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 26°F | 1.4″ | 6.8″ | 123 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 31°F | 1.8″ | 4.6″ | 151 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 36°F | 1.5″ | 1.3″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 43°F | 1.6″ | 0.3″ | 275 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 48°F | 1.4″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 54°F | 0.5″ | — | 391 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 53°F | 0.4″ | — | 349 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 45°F | 0.6″ | 0.1″ | 259 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 36°F | 1.5″ | 0.5″ | 180 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 29°F | 2.2″ | 6.1″ | 90 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 24°F | 2.4″ | 15.5″ | 69 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology