Hot-summer humid continental
Evansville, Wisconsin
Rock County, Wisconsin · Population 5.8k · 922 ft elevation
Living in Evansville
Evansville has a hot-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 38″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (36″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Evansville at a glance
- Population
- 5.8k
- Elevation
- 922 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 36″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,637 hrs29th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $257k49th percentile
- Median rent
- $941/mo28th percentile
- Median household income
- $79k55th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.98%89th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.214th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 17 per 100k5th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 154 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8641th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2827th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 295 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 9°F | 1.6″ | 10.4″ | 151 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 12°F | 1.7″ | 10.6″ | 179 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 23°F | 2.2″ | 4.5″ | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 34°F | 3.9″ | 0.7″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 46°F | 4.3″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 5.2″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 61°F | 3.8″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 58°F | 4.3″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 50°F | 3.5″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 38°F | 3.0″ | 0.4″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 27°F | 2.5″ | 1.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 16°F | 1.8″ | 7.6″ | 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