Warm-summer humid continental
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Iowa County, Wisconsin · Population 5k · 1,211 ft elevation
Living in Dodgeville
Dodgeville has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (41″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Dodgeville at a glance
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 1,211 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 41″81th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,638 hrs29th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $234k43th percentile
- Median rent
- $984/mo32th percentile
- Median household income
- $73k47th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.55%75th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.113th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 235 per 100k62th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 470 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 233th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5049th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 427 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 9°F | 1.4″ | 10.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 12°F | 1.5″ | 10.6″ | 178 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 23°F | 2.3″ | 5.9″ | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 34°F | 3.9″ | 1.5″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 45°F | 4.6″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 56°F | 5.7″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 4.7″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 58°F | 4.4″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 49°F | 3.7″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 37°F | 3.1″ | 0.6″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 26°F | 2.5″ | 1.9″ | 150 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 15°F | 1.8″ | 10.3″ | 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