Friendship, Wisconsin, 1,286 students in 3 schools

Adams-Friendship Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Friendship get?

About 40.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Adams-Friendship?

13.7 inches on March 16, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 72.6 inches.

Q: How does the Adams-Friendship snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Friendship through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Adams-Friendship’s own big snow morning: 3.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

Q: Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

If a district offers make-up instruction virtually on a weather closure, those hours can count; the rule sets no cap on such days.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Adams-Friendship, measured against Adams-Friendship's own big snow morning of 3.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Adams-Friendship close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Friendship.

Ten winters of school mornings

Adams-Friendship’s snow record

40.9inches of snow a winter

4.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.6with 4 in or more

3.7 ina big snow morning in Adams-Friendship: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

16.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

2.7Nov

9.4Dec

9.5Jan

10.3Feb

5.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13.7 in on March 16, 2026
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 72.6 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 7.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

The Wisconsin rule

How Wisconsin counts a lost day

Wisconsin requires hours, not days: 437 for kindergarten, 1,050 for grades 1 to 6 and 1,137 for grades 7 to 12.

The Wisconsin rules in the agency’s own words, and every Wisconsin district

Next door

Districts near Adams-Friendship

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Westfield School DistrictWestfield	35.7 in	2.1
Mauston School DistrictMauston	38 in	1.8
Wisconsin Dells School DistrictWisconsin Dells	38.6 in	2
Nekoosa School DistrictNekoosa	32.4 in	1.7
Wautoma Area School DistrictWautoma	43.5 in	1.8
Wisconsin Rapids School DistrictWisconsin Rapids	47.6 in	2.3

The schools

3 schools

Every school in Adams-Friendship follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Adams-Friendship High, Adams

Middle

Adams-Friendship Middle, Adams

Elementary

Adams-Friendship Elementary, Adams

Questions

Adams-Friendship snow day questions

How much snow does Friendship get?

What was the biggest snow day near Adams-Friendship?

How does the Adams-Friendship snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for Wisconsin snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Wisconsin winter forecastThe season ahead for Wisconsin: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle — The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.