Cold semi-arid
Toppenish, Washington
Yakima County, Washington · Population 8.7k · 761 ft elevation
Living in Toppenish
Toppenish has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 91°F) and cold winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 8″ a year, and it gets light snow (20″ a season).
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Toppenish: about 7% 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.
Toppenish at a glance
- Population
- 8.7k
- Elevation
- 761 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 8″1th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 20″58th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,850 hrs54th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $214k38th percentile
- Median rent
- $977/mo32th percentile
- Median household income
- $68k41th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.84%39th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.965th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 18%10th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 31%
- Violent crime rate
- 464 per 100k86th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,901 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,625 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 25°F | 1.1″ | 5.2″ | 115 hrs |
| Feb | 48°F | 27°F | 0.6″ | 1.1″ | 150 hrs |
| Mar | 57°F | 33°F | 0.6″ | 0.3″ | 194 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 39°F | 0.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 47°F | 0.8″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 54°F | 0.5″ | — | 333 hrs |
| Jul | 91°F | 60°F | 0.2″ | — | 410 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 58°F | 0.2″ | — | 369 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 49°F | 0.2″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 38°F | 0.6″ | 0.2″ | 211 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 29°F | 0.9″ | 1.6″ | 133 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 24°F | 1.4″ | 12.0″ | 101 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