Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Truckee, California
Nevada County, California · Population 17k · 5,820 ft elevation
Living in Truckee
Truckee has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 31″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (207″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (77% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Truckee 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 3,400 ft around town.
Truckee at a glance
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 5,820 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 27°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 31″20th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 207″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,494 hrs90th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $884k95th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,089/mo89th percentile
- Median household income
- $126k87th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.74%30th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.066th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 184 per 100k52th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 910 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 60%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 58%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,379 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42°F | 16°F | 5.7″ | 43.6″ | 194 hrs |
| Feb | 45°F | 18°F | 5.1″ | 47.9″ | 195 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 21°F | 4.5″ | 32.2″ | 260 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 25°F | 2.1″ | 18.5″ | 300 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 31°F | 1.5″ | 4.1″ | 350 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 36°F | 0.6″ | 0.9″ | 395 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 41°F | 0.3″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 40°F | 0.5″ | — | 385 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 34°F | 0.6″ | 0.5″ | 333 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 28°F | 1.8″ | 2.8″ | 286 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 21°F | 2.8″ | 11.9″ | 216 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 15°F | 5.2″ | 44.2″ | 171 hrs |
Near Truckee
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- Lake of the Pines, CA · 5k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology