Afton, Wisconsin
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
Notes
- ^ "Look up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
- ^ "Afton, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Town of Rock.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 35.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Afton - Janesville WWTP, WI". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Milwaukee". National Weather Service. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "Diane Hendricks". Forbes. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
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