Hot-summer Mediterranean
Williams, California
Colusa County, California · Population 5.6k · 82 ft elevation
Living in Williams
Williams has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 92°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (77% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Williams: about 18% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,300 ft around town.
Williams at a glance
- Population
- 5.6k
- Elevation
- 82 ft
- Average daily high
- 75°F76th percentile
- Average daily low
- 48°F62th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,509 hrs90th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $340k64th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,296/mo57th percentile
- Median household income
- $93k68th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.79%35th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 13.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 15.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 12%3th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 12%
- Violent crime rate
- 196 per 100k55th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 624 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8134th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 18%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,297 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55°F | 38°F | 3.6″ | — | 175 hrs |
| Feb | 60°F | 41°F | 3.0″ | — | 188 hrs |
| Mar | 66°F | 44°F | 2.2″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Apr | 73°F | 46°F | 1.0″ | — | 290 hrs |
| May | 81°F | 53°F | 0.8″ | — | 368 hrs |
| Jun | 88°F | 59°F | 0.5″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Jul | 92°F | 60°F | 0.0″ | — | 438 hrs |
| Aug | 92°F | 58°F | 0.0″ | — | 405 hrs |
| Sep | 89°F | 54°F | 0.1″ | — | 343 hrs |
| Oct | 79°F | 48°F | 0.9″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Nov | 64°F | 42°F | 1.9″ | — | 204 hrs |
| Dec | 54°F | 38°F | 3.2″ | — | 164 hrs |
Near Williams
- Colusa, CA · 6.4k
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Largest places in California
- Los Angeles, CA · 3.9M
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology