Oceanic
Wise, Virginia
Wise County, Virginia · Population 2.9k · 2,448 ft elevation
Living in Wise
Wise has a oceanic climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (47″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (57% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 33 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Wise: about 6% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.
Wise at a glance
- Population
- 2.9k
- Elevation
- 2,448 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 47″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,558 hrs19th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $118k10th percentile
- Median rent
- $782/mo11th percentile
- Median household income
- $44k8th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.45%6th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.228th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 94%100th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 84%
- Violent crime rate
- 176 per 100k50th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,653 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5011th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 17%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,608 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43°F | 25°F | 4.3″ | 12.8″ | 134 hrs |
| Feb | 47°F | 28°F | 4.4″ | 11.6″ | 127 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 34°F | 4.7″ | 8.6″ | 182 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 43°F | 4.8″ | 1.7″ | 226 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 51°F | 4.6″ | — | 260 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 58°F | 4.9″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 62°F | 5.8″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 55°F | 3.5″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 44°F | 2.9″ | 0.9″ | 207 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 35°F | 3.3″ | 1.9″ | 179 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 29°F | 4.4″ | 9.6″ | 134 hrs |
Near Wise
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology