Warm-summer humid continental
Ashland, Wisconsin
Ashland County, Wisconsin · Population 7.9k · 640 ft elevation
Living in Ashland
Ashland has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 5°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 33″ a year, and it is a snowy place (74″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (10 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 13 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Ashland: about 34% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,000 ft around town.
Ashland at a glance
- Population
- 7.9k
- Elevation
- 640 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 33″22th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 74″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,403 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $162k22th percentile
- Median rent
- $697/mo5th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k14th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.64%79th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 78%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.663th percentile
- Average commute
- 13 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 214 per 100k58th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,403 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 325th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 34%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 951 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22°F | 5°F | 1.3″ | 18.8″ | 114 hrs |
| Feb | 26°F | 8°F | 1.1″ | 14.1″ | 149 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 18°F | 1.6″ | 11.5″ | 199 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 30°F | 2.9″ | 5.3″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 40°F | 3.6″ | 0.3″ | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 50°F | 4.2″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 57°F | 4.1″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 56°F | 3.8″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 48°F | 3.6″ | — | 223 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 36°F | 3.3″ | 0.7″ | 156 hrs |
| Nov | 40°F | 25°F | 1.8″ | 6.4″ | 113 hrs |
| Dec | 28°F | 13°F | 1.6″ | 16.4″ | 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