Warm-summer Mediterranean
Susanville, California
Lassen County, California · Population 15k · 4,199 ft elevation
Living in Susanville
Susanville has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (109″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (74% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 45, with about 10 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Susanville is an outdoor hub: about 58% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,600 ft around town.
Susanville at a glance
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 4,199 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 109″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,339 hrs88th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4570th percentile
- Median home value
- $234k43th percentile
- Median rent
- $905/mo25th percentile
- Median household income
- $58k27th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.74%30th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.598th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 712 per 100k94th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 929 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7326th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9594th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 28%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 58%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,592 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43°F | 22°F | 2.4″ | 28.5″ | 181 hrs |
| Feb | 48°F | 26°F | 2.3″ | 22.3″ | 182 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 30°F | 1.7″ | 17.1″ | 235 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 34°F | 0.5″ | 7.3″ | 273 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 40°F | 0.8″ | 0.5″ | 331 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 47°F | 0.4″ | 0.1″ | 382 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 53°F | 0.2″ | — | 415 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 52°F | 0.1″ | — | 388 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 45°F | 0.2″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 36°F | 1.0″ | 0.8″ | 273 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 28°F | 1.5″ | 7.1″ | 196 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 22°F | 1.9″ | 25.6″ | 155 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