Warm-summer humid continental
Superior, Wisconsin
Douglas County, Wisconsin · Population 27k · 636 ft elevation
Living in Superior
Superior has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 6°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 31″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (56″ 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 33, with about 12 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Superior: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 900 ft around town.
Superior at a glance
- Population
- 27k
- Elevation
- 636 ft
- Average daily high
- 49°F0th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 31″20th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 56″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,404 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $169k24th percentile
- Median rent
- $881/mo22th percentile
- Median household income
- $63k35th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.54%75th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.197th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 28%
- Violent crime rate
- 222 per 100k60th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,840 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6218th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 853 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22°F | 6°F | 0.8″ | 14.5″ | 114 hrs |
| Feb | 27°F | 9°F | 0.9″ | 12.4″ | 149 hrs |
| Mar | 36°F | 21°F | 1.4″ | 9.1″ | 199 hrs |
| Apr | 46°F | 32°F | 2.6″ | 1.7″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 57°F | 41°F | 3.4″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 67°F | 49°F | 4.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 58°F | 3.9″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Aug | 75°F | 58°F | 3.9″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 50°F | 3.4″ | — | 223 hrs |
| Oct | 53°F | 39°F | 3.2″ | 0.2″ | 156 hrs |
| Nov | 39°F | 26°F | 2.1″ | 5.8″ | 113 hrs |
| Dec | 27°F | 13°F | 1.3″ | 12.3″ | 84 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