Warm-summer humid continental
Baraboo, Wisconsin
Sauk County, Wisconsin · Population 13k · 899 ft elevation
Living in Baraboo
Baraboo has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 39″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Baraboo at a glance
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 899 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 39″35th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,639 hrs29th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $202k34th percentile
- Median rent
- $926/mo27th percentile
- Median household income
- $74k48th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.81%85th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.329th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 98 per 100k30th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 778 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7225th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6464th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 394 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 9°F | 1.4″ | 11.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 12°F | 1.4″ | 10.1″ | 178 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 23°F | 2.2″ | 5.9″ | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 34°F | 4.2″ | 2.6″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 46°F | 4.3″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 56°F | 5.6″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 4.8″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 57°F | 4.5″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 49°F | 3.9″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 38°F | 2.9″ | 0.4″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 27°F | 2.2″ | 2.1″ | 149 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 16°F | 1.7″ | 10.3″ | 119 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