Hot-summer humid continental
Platteville, Wisconsin
Grant County, Wisconsin · Population 11k · 984 ft elevation
Living in Platteville
Platteville has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 31 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Platteville at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 984 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,672 hrs34th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $187k30th percentile
- Median rent
- $885/mo22th percentile
- Median household income
- $43k7th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.77%83th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.753th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 144 per 100k43th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 870 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6117th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2928th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 10°F | 1.2″ | 11.0″ | 148 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 14°F | 1.5″ | 9.8″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 25°F | 2.1″ | 6.1″ | 205 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 35°F | 4.0″ | 1.6″ | 221 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 47°F | 4.7″ | 0.1″ | 264 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 58°F | 6.0″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 62°F | 5.3″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 60°F | 4.2″ | — | 301 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 51°F | 4.3″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 39°F | 2.8″ | 0.4″ | 194 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 28°F | 2.3″ | 1.9″ | 157 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 17°F | 1.8″ | 11.9″ | 126 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