Barron, Wisconsin, 1,091 students in 6 schools

Barron Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Barron get?

About 41.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Barron?

12.2 inches on March 16, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 66 inches.

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

Barron averages 2.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 64 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Barron snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Barron 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 Barron’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Barron, measured against Barron's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Barron close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Barron’s snow record

41.7inches of snow a winter

5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.2with 4 in or more

4.5 ina big snow morning in Barron: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

22.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.4Nov

10.5Dec

7.9Jan

9.8Feb

6.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.2 in on March 16, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 66 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 9.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.3 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 Barron

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Cameron School DistrictCameron	41.7 in	2.2
Rice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake	41.7 in	2.2
Amery School DistrictAmery	56.7 in	2.6
Bloomer School DistrictBloomer	37.9 in	2
Menomonie Area School DistrictMenomonie	45.3 in	2.5
St. Croix Falls School DistrictSaint Croix Falls	38.9 in	2.3

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Barron High

Middle

Riverview Middle

Elementary

Woodland Elementary
Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary, Ridgeland
Barron Area Montessori School, Almena

Other schools

Advanced Learning Academy of Wisconsin

Questions

Barron snow day questions

How much snow does Barron get?

What was the biggest snow day near Barron?

Does Barron get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Barron 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.