Warm-summer humid continental
Portage, Wisconsin
Columbia County, Wisconsin · Population 10k · 814 ft elevation
Living in Portage
Portage has a warm-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 38″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Portage at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 814 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,639 hrs29th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $187k30th percentile
- Median rent
- $963/mo30th percentile
- Median household income
- $63k34th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.74%82th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.939th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%
- Violent crime rate
- 112 per 100k34th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,312 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8134th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5655th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 328 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 10°F | 1.4″ | 10.2″ | 149 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 13°F | 1.4″ | 10.0″ | 178 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 24°F | 2.2″ | 5.5″ | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 36°F | 4.2″ | 2.2″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 48°F | 4.6″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 58°F | 5.6″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 62°F | 4.5″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 59°F | 4.1″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 51°F | 3.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 39°F | 2.9″ | 0.5″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 28°F | 2.2″ | 2.0″ | 149 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 17°F | 1.7″ | 8.9″ | 119 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