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Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, 4,634 students in 9 schools

Chippewa Falls Area School District Snow Day Predictor

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

The next three school mornings

Will Chippewa Falls close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Chippewa Falls.
The Chippewa Falls playbook

How Chippewa Falls calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 6:00 AM.

“If we cancel school due to inclement weather, we will make the decision by 6:00 AM.”
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How families hear

By radio, local TV, the district website, social media, email and text message.

“We will tell you via radio, TV, our website, social media, and by email or text message.”
Weather Delays and Cancellations

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If we delay school due to inclement weather, the school day will start two hours later than normal. Buses will also run two hours behind schedule. Breakfast will not be served, but lunch will be served near normal time.”
Delay schedule

Remote learning days

Chippewa Falls has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“If a high chance of inclement weather is predicted well in advance and there is high confidence from the National Weather Service (NWS) that the prediction will hold true, the District may call for a Remote Learning Day.”
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Making up a lost day

June 1, 2 and 3 may be used as make-up days after more than 2 cancellations that could not be virtual.

“If needed June 1,2, and 3 may be used as make-up days if we have more than 2 school cancellations that do not allow us to utilize virtual/asynchronous learning.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 1, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 28, 2027
District calendar

Read from Chippewa Falls’s own pages on October 8, 2026.

Ten winters of school mornings

Chippewa Falls’s snow record

41.3inches of snow a winter
5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
2.3with 4 in or more
4.5 ina big snow morning in Chippewa Falls: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 68% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

2.6Nov
10.1Dec
7.8Jan
11.9Feb
5.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10.2 in on January 23, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 71.6 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 8.9 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.

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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 Chippewa Falls

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Altoona School DistrictAltoona57.3 in2.5
Eau Claire Area School DistrictEau Claire57.3 in2.5
Bloomer School DistrictBloomer37.9 in2
Elk Mound Area School DistrictElk Mound51.9 in2.2
Stanley-Boyd Area School DistrictStanley51.1 in3.7
Menomonie Area School DistrictMenomonie45.3 in2.5
The schools

9 schools

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

High

  • Chippewa Falls High

Middle

  • Chippewa Falls Middle

Elementary

  • Halmstad Elementary
  • Parkview Elementary
  • Hillcrest Elementary
  • Stillson Elementary
  • Southview Elementary
  • Jim Falls Elementary, Jim Falls

Other schools

  • Korger-Chestnut
Questions

Chippewa Falls snow day questions

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More winter

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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.