Warm-summer humid continental
Ellsworth, Wisconsin
Pierce County, Wisconsin · Population 3.3k · 1,214 ft elevation
Living in Ellsworth
Ellsworth has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 2°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 36″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (44″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (11 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Ellsworth at a glance
- Population
- 3.3k
- Elevation
- 1,214 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 44″84th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,671 hrs34th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $229k42th percentile
- Median rent
- $926/mo27th percentile
- Median household income
- $73k47th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.60%77th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.923th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 239 per 100k63th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 479 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 428th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3131th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 492 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21°F | 2°F | 1.0″ | 10.7″ | 166 hrs |
| Feb | 26°F | 6°F | 1.0″ | 10.0″ | 195 hrs |
| Mar | 39°F | 18°F | 2.0″ | 8.4″ | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 30°F | 3.0″ | 2.4″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 53°F | 5.3″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 57°F | 4.1″ | — | 340 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 54°F | 5.0″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 47°F | 3.9″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 34°F | 2.8″ | 0.1″ | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 40°F | 21°F | 2.0″ | 3.8″ | 144 hrs |
| Dec | 26°F | 9°F | 1.4″ | 8.7″ | 121 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