Warm-summer Mediterranean
Woodland, Washington
Cowlitz County, Washington · Population 6.5k · 33 ft elevation
Living in Woodland
Woodland has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 34°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (3″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Woodland: about 17% 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.
Woodland at a glance
- Population
- 6.5k
- Elevation
- 33 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 3″34th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,234 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $384k71th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,369/mo61th percentile
- Median household income
- $83k59th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.91%45th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.416th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 123 per 100k37th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,388 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 9%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,625 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 34°F | 6.5″ | 1.6″ | 89 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 34°F | 4.6″ | 0.9″ | 120 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 37°F | 4.5″ | 0.2″ | 143 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 40°F | 3.1″ | — | 185 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 46°F | 2.5″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 51°F | 1.4″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 55°F | 0.5″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 55°F | 0.5″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 50°F | 1.6″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 43°F | 3.6″ | — | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 37°F | 6.3″ | — | 101 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 34°F | 7.3″ | 0.3″ | 84 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