Warm-summer humid continental
Hayward, Wisconsin
Sawyer County, Wisconsin · Population 2.5k · 1,188 ft elevation
Living in Hayward
Hayward has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 32″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (59″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (8 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 13 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Hayward: about 35% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 500 ft around town.
Hayward at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 1,188 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 32″20th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 59″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,401 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $184k29th percentile
- Median rent
- $691/mo4th percentile
- Median household income
- $40k5th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.02%53th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.753th percentile
- Average commute
- 12 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 385 per 100k80th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,500 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7426th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 31%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 35%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 3°F | 0.9″ | 12.0″ | 115 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 6°F | 0.9″ | 10.4″ | 150 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 18°F | 1.5″ | 10.3″ | 199 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 30°F | 2.7″ | 5.5″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 42°F | 4.0″ | 0.6″ | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 52°F | 4.2″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 56°F | 4.2″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 54°F | 3.9″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 47°F | 4.0″ | — | 223 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 35°F | 3.1″ | 0.8″ | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 23°F | 1.7″ | 7.3″ | 114 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 11°F | 1.3″ | 12.5″ | 85 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