Warm-summer Mediterranean
Weed, California
Siskiyou County, California · Population 2.8k · 3,448 ft elevation
Living in Weed
Weed has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 29°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it is a snowy place (89″ a season).
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Weed is an outdoor hub: about 42% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,200 ft around town.
Weed at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 3,448 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 89″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,236 hrs86th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $207k36th percentile
- Median rent
- $841/mo18th percentile
- Median household income
- $39k4th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.63%19th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 82%12th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%24th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%
- Violent crime rate
- 465 per 100k86th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,008 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 52%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 42%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,232 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45°F | 29°F | 6.3″ | 18.2″ | 158 hrs |
| Feb | 47°F | 30°F | 6.4″ | 20.3″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 32°F | 5.6″ | 11.0″ | 213 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 35°F | 2.9″ | 5.4″ | 260 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 41°F | 2.1″ | 0.3″ | 330 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 47°F | 1.1″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 52°F | 0.3″ | — | 422 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 50°F | 0.2″ | — | 391 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 45°F | 0.5″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 38°F | 2.0″ | 0.2″ | 265 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 3.6″ | 7.8″ | 177 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 28°F | 6.6″ | 26.1″ | 139 hrs |
Near Weed
- Mount Shasta, CA · 3.2k
- Lake Shastina, CA · 2.9k
- Yreka, CA · 7.8k
- Shasta Lake, CA · 10k
- Burney, CA · 2.9k
- Bella Vista, CA · 3.8k
- Weaverville, CA · 3.2k
- Redding, CA · 93k
Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
- San Diego, CA · 1.4M
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- San Francisco, CA · 836k
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- Long Beach, CA · 458k
- Oakland, CA · 438k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology