Antigo, Wisconsin, 1,999 students in 5 schools

Antigo School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Antigo get?

About 57.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Antigo?

13.5 inches on February 13, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 96.1 inches.

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

Antigo averages 3.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 88 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Antigo snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Antigo 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 Antigo’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Antigo, measured against Antigo's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Antigo close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Antigo’s snow record

57.6inches of snow a winter

6.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.1with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Antigo: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

4.2Nov

13Dec

9.2Jan

14.3Feb

8.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13.5 in on February 13, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 96.1 in
6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
1 in mornings 10.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3 miles 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 Antigo

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Wittenberg-Birnamwood School DistrictWittenberg	49 in	3.1
Merrill Area School DistrictMerrill	62.4 in	3.1
Wausau School DistrictWausau	67.3 in	2.2
D.C. Everest Area School DistrictWeston	67.4 in	2.2	4
Tomahawk School DistrictTomahawk	71.9 in	2.9
Mosinee School DistrictMosinee	54.4 in	2

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Antigo High

Middle

Antigo Middle

Elementary

East Elementary
North Elementary
West Elementary

Questions

Antigo snow day questions

How much snow does Antigo get?

What was the biggest snow day near Antigo?

Does Antigo get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Antigo snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

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.