Cameron, Wisconsin, 1,187 students in 5 schools

Cameron School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Cameron get?

About 41.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.9 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 Cameron?

12.2 inches on March 16, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 66 inches.

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

Cameron 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 Cameron snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Cameron 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 Cameron’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Cameron close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Cameron’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 Cameron: 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 1.9 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 Cameron

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Barron Area School DistrictBarron	41.7 in	2.2
Rice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake	41.7 in	2.2
Bloomer School DistrictBloomer	37.9 in	2
Amery School DistrictAmery	56.7 in	2.6
Menomonie Area School DistrictMenomonie	45.3 in	2.5
Chippewa Falls Area School DistrictChippewa Falls	41.3 in	2.3

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Cameron High
North Star Academy

Middle

Cameron Middle

Elementary

Cameron Elementary

Other schools

Cameron Academy of Virtual Education

Questions

Cameron snow day questions

How much snow does Cameron get?

What was the biggest snow day near Cameron?

Does Cameron get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Cameron snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

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.