Afton, Wisconsin facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Afton, Wisconsin
|
|
|---|---|
 Afton, Wisconsin
Location in Wisconsin
Afton, Wisconsin
Location in the United States
|
|
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Rock |
| Elevation | 232 m (761 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code |
53501
|
| Area code(s) | 608 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1560708 |
Afton (also Middledale) is an unincorporated community in the Town of Rock, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The town hall for the Town of Rock is in Afton.
History
Originally called Middletown, the community was renamed in about 1857–8 after the poem Sweet Afton by Robert Burns.
Climate
| Climate data for Afton, Wisconsin, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1987–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 60 (16) |
71 (22) |
83 (28) |
89 (32) |
96 (36) |
101 (38) |
103 (39) |
102 (39) |
96 (36) |
88 (31) |
76 (24) |
67 (19) |
103 (39) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 48.7 (9.3) |
53.0 (11.7) |
68.1 (20.1) |
79.1 (26.2) |
86.9 (30.5) |
92.0 (33.3) |
93.0 (33.9) |
92.1 (33.4) |
89.3 (31.8) |
81.8 (27.7) |
66.1 (18.9) |
52.2 (11.2) |
95.2 (35.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 28.3 (−2.1) |
32.4 (0.2) |
44.6 (7.0) |
57.9 (14.4) |
69.9 (21.1) |
79.9 (26.6) |
83.4 (28.6) |
81.7 (27.6) |
75.1 (23.9) |
61.7 (16.5) |
46.3 (7.9) |
33.5 (0.8) |
57.9 (14.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 19.9 (−6.7) |
23.5 (−4.7) |
35.0 (1.7) |
47.0 (8.3) |
58.9 (14.9) |
68.9 (20.5) |
72.6 (22.6) |
70.6 (21.4) |
63.0 (17.2) |
50.6 (10.3) |
37.4 (3.0) |
25.8 (−3.4) |
47.8 (8.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 11.6 (−11.3) |
14.7 (−9.6) |
25.7 (−3.5) |
36.1 (2.3) |
48.0 (8.9) |
58.0 (14.4) |
61.7 (16.5) |
59.5 (15.3) |
51.0 (10.6) |
39.5 (4.2) |
28.5 (−1.9) |
18.1 (−7.7) |
37.7 (3.2) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −10.4 (−23.6) |
−6.3 (−21.3) |
5.9 (−14.5) |
22.9 (−5.1) |
34.1 (1.2) |
45.0 (7.2) |
51.6 (10.9) |
49.7 (9.8) |
37.5 (3.1) |
26.4 (−3.1) |
13.3 (−10.4) |
−2.6 (−19.2) |
−14.7 (−25.9) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −30 (−34) |
−31 (−35) |
−12 (−24) |
15 (−9) |
27 (−3) |
36 (2) |
45 (7) |
43 (6) |
28 (−2) |
14 (−10) |
−4 (−20) |
−25 (−32) |
−31 (−35) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.63 (41) |
1.61 (41) |
2.06 (52) |
3.57 (91) |
4.09 (104) |
4.99 (127) |
4.19 (106) |
4.34 (110) |
3.73 (95) |
2.99 (76) |
2.33 (59) |
1.90 (48) |
37.43 (950) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 10.8 (27) |
10.1 (26) |
4.1 (10) |
1.3 (3.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
2.4 (6.1) |
7.7 (20) |
36.6 (92.91) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.1 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 126.7 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 6.6 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 21.6 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Diane Hendricks, businesswoman, lives in Afton
- Ken Hendricks, businessman, lived in Afton
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Afton, Wisconsin Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.