Hot-summer Mediterranean

Sutter Creek, California

Amador County, California · Population 2.7k · 1,198 ft elevation

Living in Sutter Creek

Sutter Creek has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 95°F) and mild winters (January lows around 41°F).

Precipitation is moderate at about 32″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.

Skies are exceptionally sunny (77% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.

Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Sutter Creek: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,700 ft around town.

Sutter Creek at a glance

Population
2.7k
Elevation
1,198 ft
Average daily high
74°F73th percentile
Average daily low
51°F73th percentile
Annual precipitation
32″20th percentile
Annual snowfall
0″0th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
3,466 hrs89th percentile
Median AQI
3825th percentile
Median home value
$500k82th percentile
Median rent
$1,248/mo54th percentile
Median household income
$68k41th percentile
Property tax rate
0.58%15th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
13.3%
Sales tax (state + local)
8.8%
Unemployment rate
10.1%
Homes with broadband
94%69th percentile
Walkability index
7.634th percentile
Average commute
17 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
32%26th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
47%
Violent crime rate
331 per 100k75th percentile
Property crime rate
918 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
7932th percentile
Outdoor access
8786th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
4%
Public land within 30 miles
14%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
4,692 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Sutter Creek, California
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan56°F41°F6.1″—182 hrs
Feb59°F43°F5.7″—180 hrs
Mar63°F43°F4.9″—232 hrs
Apr68°F46°F2.8″—273 hrs
May76°F52°F1.7″—351 hrs
Jun87°F58°F0.4″—404 hrs
Jul95°F64°F0.0″—429 hrs
Aug93°F63°F0.0″—402 hrs
Sep88°F61°F0.3″—339 hrs
Oct78°F54°F1.7″—291 hrs
Nov65°F45°F3.1″—213 hrs
Dec56°F40°F5.4″—171 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