Warm-summer humid continental
Cross Plains, Wisconsin
Dane County, Wisconsin · Population 4.1k · 869 ft elevation
Living in Cross Plains
Cross Plains has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 36″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (30″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (15 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Cross Plains at a glance
- Population
- 4.1k
- Elevation
- 869 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 30″70th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,638 hrs29th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $347k65th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,371/mo61th percentile
- Median household income
- $103k76th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.72%82th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.736th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4948th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 394 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28°F | 7°F | 1.5″ | 7.7″ | 150 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 10°F | 1.3″ | 9.5″ | 178 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 21°F | 2.3″ | 4.1″ | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 32°F | 3.8″ | 1.0″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 45°F | 4.4″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 54°F | 5.6″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 57°F | 3.9″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 57°F | 3.3″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 47°F | 2.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 36°F | 2.9″ | 0.5″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 26°F | 2.3″ | 0.7″ | 150 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 14°F | 1.6″ | 6.5″ | 120 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