Burlington, Wisconsin, 2,919 students in 8 schools

Burlington Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Burlington get?

About 33.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Burlington?

9.1 inches on January 13, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 55.5 inches.

Q: How does the Burlington snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Burlington 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 Burlington’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.6 miles away.

Q: Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

If a district offers make-up instruction virtually on a weather closure, those hours can count; the rule sets no cap on such days.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Burlington, measured against Burlington's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Burlington close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Burlington’s snow record

33.6inches of snow a winter

3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Burlington: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

9.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

3.7Nov

4.7Dec

11.3Jan

7.6Feb

4.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.1 in on January 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 55.5 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 6.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.6 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 Burlington

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Waterford Joint No. 1 School DistrictWaterford	38 in	1.4
Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 School DistrictLake Geneva	37.1 in	1.6
Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union High School DistrictLake Geneva	37.1 in	1.6
East Troy Community School DistrictEast Troy	31.6 in	1.1
Westosha Central High School DistrictSalem	35.3 in	1.8
Union Grove Union High School DistrictUnion Grove	35.3 in	1.8

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Burlington High School

Middle

Karcher Middle School

Elementary

Dyer Elementary
Waller Elementary
Cooper Montessori
Lyons Center Elementary
Winkler Elementary

Other schools

Wisconsin Connect Charter School

Questions

Burlington snow day questions

How much snow does Burlington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Burlington?

How does the Burlington snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

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.