Eau Claire Area School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Eau Claire, measured against Eau Claire's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.
Will Eau Claire close tomorrow?
How Eau Claire calls a snow day
How families hear
By the district website and social media.
“Inclement weather:Emergency School Closure Family Communication 2025-26
- Please look for announcements about school closings or switches to virtual learning in several ways—through
- ParentSquare messages, on the
- ECASD website, on the
- ECASD Facebook feed, and through local media outlets”
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“Two-Hour Delay: The school day starts two hours later than normally scheduled, communicated as close as possible to 6 am.”
Virtual learning days
Eau Claire has virtual learning days in its winter plan.
“Inclement weather: Please look for announcements about school closings or switches to virtual learning in several ways”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day September 1, 2026
- Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
- Last day June 3, 2027
Read from Eau Claire’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is ecasd.us.
Eau Claire’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 77% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 12 in on February 24, 2019
- Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 104.6 in
- 6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
- 1 in mornings 11.2 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.
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
Districts near Eau Claire
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Altoona School DistrictAltoona | 57.3 in | 2.5 |
| Chippewa Falls Area School DistrictChippewa Falls | 41.3 in | 2.3 |
| Elk Mound Area School DistrictElk Mound | 51.9 in | 2.2 |
| Bloomer School DistrictBloomer | 37.9 in | 2 |
| Menomonie Area School DistrictMenomonie | 45.3 in | 2.5 |
| Durand School DistrictDurand | 39.2 in | 1.9 |
24 schools
Every school in Eau Claire follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- North High
- Memorial High
- McKinley Charter School
- Oxford Avenue School
Middle
- DeLong Middle
- South Middle
- Northstar Middle
Elementary
- Robbins Elementary
- Sherman Elementary
- Putnam Heights Elementary
- Meadowview Elementary
- Davey Elementary
- Manz Elementary
- Locust Lane Elementary
- Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School
- Lakeshore Elementary
- Northwoods Elementary
- Longfellow Elementary
- Roosevelt Elementary
- Flynn Elementary
Other schools
- Eau Claire Community Sites
- Prairie Ridge Early Learning School
- Eau Claire Virtual School
- Second Avenue School
Eau Claire snow day questions
More for Wisconsin snow days

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.