Warm-summer humid continental
Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Rusk County, Wisconsin · Population 3.2k · 1,142 ft elevation
Living in Ladysmith
Ladysmith 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 (52″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (57% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Ladysmith at a glance
- Population
- 3.2k
- Elevation
- 1,142 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 52″89th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,583 hrs20th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $89k3th percentile
- Median rent
- $819/mo15th percentile
- Median household income
- $40k5th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.07%90th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 95 per 100k30th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 473 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 376th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6867th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 23%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25°F | 2°F | 1.1″ | 9.2″ | 160 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 4°F | 1.0″ | 11.7″ | 189 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 16°F | 1.7″ | 6.7″ | 228 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 28°F | 3.1″ | 5.5″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 40°F | 4.2″ | 1.3″ | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 49°F | 5.1″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 53°F | 4.3″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 52°F | 4.2″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 44°F | 3.7″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 33°F | 3.8″ | 0.7″ | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 40°F | 23°F | 2.0″ | 4.8″ | 129 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 10°F | 1.6″ | 12.2″ | 107 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