Warm-summer Mediterranean

Wauna, Washington

Pierce County, Washington · Population 4.8k · 23 ft elevation

Living in Wauna

Wauna has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and mild winters (January lows around 37°F).

Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.

Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (7 days a year).

Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Wauna: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.

Wauna at a glance

Population
4.8k
Elevation
23 ft
Average daily high
61°F24th percentile
Average daily low
45°F47th percentile
Annual precipitation
42″44th percentile
Annual snowfall
0″0th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,243 hrs1th percentile
Median AQI
4462th percentile
Median home value
$464k79th percentile
Median rent
$1,589/mo71th percentile
Median household income
$108k79th percentile
Property tax rate
0.83%39th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
0.0%
Sales tax (state + local)
9.4%
Unemployment rate
3.8%
Homes with broadband
95%76th percentile
Walkability index
6.518th percentile
Average commute
31 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
63%77th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
70%
Overall natural-hazard risk
9986th percentile
Outdoor access
8079th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
3%
Public land within 30 miles
13%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,608 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Wauna, Washington
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan47°F37°F6.1″—87 hrs
Feb49°F37°F4.1″—122 hrs
Mar54°F39°F4.6″—148 hrs
Apr58°F42°F3.4″—189 hrs
May65°F47°F2.1″—243 hrs
Jun71°F52°F1.4″—256 hrs
Jul76°F55°F0.7″—329 hrs
Aug77°F55°F0.9″—302 hrs
Sep71°F52°F1.5″—234 hrs
Oct60°F47°F4.3″—157 hrs
Nov51°F41°F7.2″—96 hrs
Dec46°F37°F5.8″0.3″81 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