Amery, Wisconsin, 1,326 students in 4 schools

Amery School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Amery get?

About 56.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Amery?

11.2 inches on April 1, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 106.4 inches.

Q: Does Amery get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

Amery averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 78 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Amery snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Amery 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 Amery’s own big snow morning: 4.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Amery, measured against Amery's own big snow morning of 4.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Amery close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Amery’s snow record

56.7inches of snow a winter

6.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.6with 4 in or more

4.9 ina big snow morning in Amery: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

20.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 78% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

4.6Nov

12.6Dec

10.1Jan

14Feb

8.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.2 in on April 1, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 106.4 in
6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
1 in mornings 11.3 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 Amery

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
St. Croix Falls School DistrictSaint Croix Falls	38.9 in	2.3
New Richmond School DistrictNew Richmond	50.3 in	2.7
Osceola School DistrictOsceola	38.9 in	2.3
Somerset School DistrictSomerset	36.7 in	1.1
St. Croix Central School DistrictHammond	51.6 in	2.4
Baldwin-Woodville Area School DistrictBaldwin	51.6 in	2.4

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Amery High

Middle

Amery Middle

Elementary

Lien Elementary
Amery Intermediate

Questions

Amery snow day questions

How much snow does Amery get?

What was the biggest snow day near Amery?

Does Amery get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Amery snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

More winter

More for Wisconsin snow days

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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.