Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1,603 students in 4 schools

Black River Falls School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Black River Falls get?

About 42 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 2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Black River Falls?

15 inches on April 17, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 79.7 inches.

Q: Does Black River Falls get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

Black River Falls averages 2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 55 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Black River Falls snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Black River Falls 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 Black River Falls’s own big snow morning: 5 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 Black River Falls, measured against Black River Falls's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Black River Falls close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Black River Falls.

Ten winters of school mornings

Black River Falls’s snow record

42inches of snow a winter

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

2with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Black River Falls: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 55% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

2.2Nov

8.7Dec

7.9Jan

10.5Feb

6.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15 in on April 17, 2023
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 79.7 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 7.8 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 Black River Falls

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Sparta Area School DistrictSparta	35.1 in	1.3
Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School DistrictGalesville	35.7 in	2
Tomah Area School DistrictTomah	35.1 in	1.3
West Salem School DistrictWest Salem	37.5 in	1.6
Holmen School DistrictHolmen	41.1 in	1.4
Arcadia School DistrictArcadia	36.8 in	1.6

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Black River Falls High

Middle

Black River Falls Middle

Elementary

Red Creek Elementary
Forrest Street Elementary School

Questions

Black River Falls snow day questions

How much snow does Black River Falls get?

What was the biggest snow day near Black River Falls?

Does Black River Falls get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Black River Falls 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.