Warm-summer humid continental
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Columbia County, Wisconsin · Population 2.8k · 915 ft elevation
Living in Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin Dells has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 8°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 37″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (41″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Wisconsin Dells at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 915 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 37″30th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 41″81th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,639 hrs29th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $203k35th percentile
- Median rent
- $886/mo23th percentile
- Median household income
- $67k40th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.91%87th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 10.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 74%3th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8134th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5454th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 394 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 8°F | 1.3″ | 11.5″ | 149 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 11°F | 1.4″ | 10.2″ | 178 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 22°F | 2.3″ | 5.9″ | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 33°F | 4.1″ | 2.0″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 4.4″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 55°F | 5.1″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 59°F | 4.0″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 57°F | 4.2″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 48°F | 3.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 37°F | 2.8″ | 0.4″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 26°F | 2.2″ | 2.0″ | 149 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 15°F | 1.8″ | 8.7″ | 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