Warm-summer humid continental
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Dodge County, Wisconsin · Population 17k · 879 ft elevation
Living in Beaver Dam
Beaver Dam has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 36″ 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 moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Beaver Dam at a glance
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 879 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,619 hrs26th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $190k31th percentile
- Median rent
- $942/mo28th percentile
- Median household income
- $69k42th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.84%85th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.041th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 159 per 100k46th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 696 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7023th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4746th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 262 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25°F | 9°F | 1.5″ | 13.0″ | 135 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 11°F | 1.4″ | 10.6″ | 168 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 22°F | 2.1″ | 6.6″ | 208 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 34°F | 3.8″ | 1.7″ | 218 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 46°F | 4.0″ | 0.1″ | 265 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 56°F | 5.0″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 333 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 58°F | 4.1″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 50°F | 3.3″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 38°F | 3.0″ | 0.4″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 26°F | 2.1″ | 2.1″ | 147 hrs |
| Dec | 30°F | 15°F | 1.6″ | 8.8″ | 115 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