Afton (also Middledale) is an unincorporated community in the Town of Rock, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] The town hall for the Town of Rock is in Afton.[3]
History
Originally called Middletown, the community was renamed in about 1857–8 after the poem Sweet Afton by Robert Burns.[4]
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[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[6] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Diane Hendricks, businesswoman, lives in Afton[7]
- Ken Hendricks, businessman, lived in Afton
Notes
- ^ "Look up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "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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