{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Afton, Wisconsin |settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated community]] |nickname = |motto =
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<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]] |postal_code = 53501<ref>{{cite web |title=Look up a ZIP Code |url=https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref> |area_code = [[Area code 608|608]] |blank_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank_info = 1560708<ref name="gnis"/> |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Afton''' (also '''Middledale''') is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] in the [[Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin|Town of Rock]], in [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States.<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|1560708|Afton, Wisconsin}}</ref> The town hall for the Town of Rock is in Afton.<ref>[http://www.tn.rock.wi.gov/ Town of Rock].</ref>
==History== Originally called Middletown, the community was renamed ''circa'' 1857–8 after the poem ''[[Sweet Afton]]'' by [[Robert Burns]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35|year=1908|page=35}}</ref>
==Climate==
{{Weather box |location = Afton, Wisconsin, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1987–present |single line = Yes |collapsed = Yes
|Jan record high F = 60 |Feb record high F = 74 |Mar record high F = 83 |Apr record high F = 89 |May record high F = 96 |Jun record high F = 101 |Jul record high F = 103 |Aug record high F = 102 |Sep record high F = 96 |Oct record high F = 89 |Nov record high F = 76 |Dec record high F = 67
|Jan avg record high F = 48.7 |Feb avg record high F = 53.0 |Mar avg record high F = 68.1 |Apr avg record high F = 79.1 |May avg record high F = 86.9 |Jun avg record high F = 92.0 |Jul avg record high F = 93.0 |Aug avg record high F = 92.1 |Sep avg record high F = 89.3 |Oct avg record high F = 81.8 |Nov avg record high F = 66.1 |Dec avg record high F = 52.2 |year avg record high F = 95.2
|Jan high F = 28.3 |Feb high F = 32.4 |Mar high F = 44.6 |Apr high F = 57.9 |May high F = 69.9 |Jun high F = 79.9 |Jul high F = 83.4 |Aug high F = 81.7 |Sep high F = 75.1 |Oct high F = 61.7 |Nov high F = 46.3 |Dec high F = 33.5 |year high F =
|Jan mean F = 19.9 |Feb mean F = 23.5 |Mar mean F = 35.0 |Apr mean F = 47.0 |May mean F = 58.9 |Jun mean F = 68.9 |Jul mean F = 72.6 |Aug mean F = 70.6 |Sep mean F = 63.0 |Oct mean F = 50.6 |Nov mean F = 37.4 |Dec mean F = 25.8 |year mean F =
|Jan low F = 11.6 |Feb low F = 14.7 |Mar low F = 25.7 |Apr low F = 36.1 |May low F = 48.0 |Jun low F = 58.0 |Jul low F = 61.7 |Aug low F = 59.5 |Sep low F = 51.0 |Oct low F = 39.5 |Nov low F = 28.5 |Dec low F = 18.1 |year low F =
|Jan avg record low F = -10.4 |Feb avg record low F = -6.3 |Mar avg record low F = 5.9 |Apr avg record low F = 22.9 |May avg record low F = 34.1 |Jun avg record low F = 45.0 |Jul avg record low F = 51.6 |Aug avg record low F = 49.7 |Sep avg record low F = 37.5 |Oct avg record low F = 26.4 |Nov avg record low F = 13.3 |Dec avg record low F = -2.6 |year avg record low F = -14.7
|Jan record low F = -30 |Feb record low F = -31 |Mar record low F = -12 |Apr record low F = 15 |May record low F = 27 |Jun record low F = 36 |Jul record low F = 45 |Aug record low F = 43 |Sep record low F = 28 |Oct record low F = 14 |Nov record low F = -4 |Dec record low F = -25
|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 1.63 |Feb precipitation inch = 1.61 |Mar precipitation inch = 2.06 |Apr precipitation inch = 3.57 |May precipitation inch = 4.09 |Jun precipitation inch = 4.99 |Jul precipitation inch = 4.19 |Aug precipitation inch = 4.34 |Sep precipitation inch = 3.73 |Oct precipitation inch = 2.99 |Nov precipitation inch = 2.33 |Dec precipitation inch = 1.90 |year precipitation inch =
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan precipitation days = 10.1 |Feb precipitation days = 8.7 |Mar precipitation days = 9.7 |Apr precipitation days = 12.4 |May precipitation days = 13.2 |Jun precipitation days = 12.7 |Jul precipitation days = 10.4 |Aug precipitation days = 10.2 |Sep precipitation days = 10.1 |Oct precipitation days = 10.2 |Nov precipitation days = 9.3 |Dec precipitation days = 9.7
|Jan snow inch = 10.8 |Feb snow inch = 10.1 |Mar snow inch = 4.1 |Apr snow inch = 1.3 |May snow inch = 0.0 |Jun snow inch = 0.0 |Jul snow inch = 0.0 |Aug snow inch = 0.0 |Sep snow inch = 0.0 |Oct snow inch = 0.2 |Nov snow inch = 2.4 |Dec snow inch = 7.7 |year snow inch =
|unit snow days = 0.1 in |Jan snow days = 6.6 |Feb snow days = 5.1 |Mar snow days = 2.8 |Apr snow days = 0.7 |May snow days = 0.0 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.0 |Oct snow days = 0.1 |Nov snow days = 1.2 |Dec snow days = 5.1
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA> {{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00470045&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Afton - Janesville WWTP, WI |access-date = June 14, 2023 }} </ref> |source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData> {{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=mkx |publisher = National Weather Service |title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Milwaukee |access-date = June 14, 2023 }} </ref> }}
==Notable people== * [[Diane Hendricks]], businesswoman, lives in Afton<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Diane Hendricks|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/diane-hendricks/|website=Forbes|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> * [[Ken Hendricks]], businessman, lived in Afton
==Notes==
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{{Rock County, Wisconsin}}
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Rock County, Wisconsin]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin]] [[Category:1857 establishments in Wisconsin]]
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