Ashland, Wisconsin, 1,794 students in 4 schools

Ashland School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Ashland get?

About 75.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Ashland?

14.7 inches on December 1, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 146.3 inches.

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

Ashland averages 3.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 95 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Ashland snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Ashland 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 Ashland’s own big snow morning: 4.8 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 Ashland, measured against Ashland's own big snow morning of 4.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Ashland close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Ashland’s snow record

75.4inches of snow a winter

7.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.6with 4 in or more

4.8 ina big snow morning in Ashland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 95% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

6.7Nov

17.5Dec

12.9Jan

17.4Feb

13.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.7 in on December 1, 2019
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 146.3 in
6 in mornings 1.5 a winter
1 in mornings 12.1 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 Ashland

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Maple School DistrictMaple	90.5 in	3.3
Hayward Community School DistrictHayward	57.3 in	2.6
Superior School DistrictSuperior	42.2 in	1.8
Rice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake	41.7 in	2.2
Northland Pines School DistrictEagle River	92.5 in	3.2
Cameron School DistrictCameron	41.7 in	2.2

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Ashland High

Middle

Ashland Middle

Elementary

Lake Superior Elementary
Marengo Valley Elementary

Questions

Ashland snow day questions

How much snow does Ashland get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ashland?

Does Ashland get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Ashland 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.