Bloomer, Wisconsin, 1,254 students in 3 schools

Bloomer School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Bloomer get?

About 37.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5 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 Bloomer?

9.4 inches on December 11, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 68.6 inches.

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

Bloomer 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 Bloomer snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bloomer 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 Bloomer’s own big snow morning: 4.5 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 Bloomer, measured against Bloomer's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Bloomer close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Bloomer’s snow record

37.9inches of snow a winter

5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2with 4 in or more

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

21.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

2.1Nov

9.4Dec

6.1Jan

9.9Feb

6.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.4 in on December 11, 2021
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 68.6 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 8.1 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 Bloomer

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Chippewa Falls Area School DistrictChippewa Falls	41.3 in	2.3
Elk Mound Area School DistrictElk Mound	51.9 in	2.2
Eau Claire Area School DistrictEau Claire	57.3 in	2.5
Altoona School DistrictAltoona	57.3 in	2.5
Cameron School DistrictCameron	41.7 in	2.2
Menomonie Area School DistrictMenomonie	45.3 in	2.5

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Bloomer High

Middle

Bloomer Middle

Elementary

Bloomer Elementary

Questions

Bloomer snow day questions

How much snow does Bloomer get?

What was the biggest snow day near Bloomer?

Does Bloomer get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Bloomer 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.