Elk Mound, Wisconsin, 1,196 students in 3 schools

Elk Mound Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Elk Mound get?

About 51.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.9 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 Elk Mound?

13.5 inches on February 24, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 87.3 inches.

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

Elk Mound 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 Elk Mound snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Elk Mound 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 Elk Mound’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Elk Mound, measured against Elk Mound's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Elk Mound close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Elk Mound’s snow record

51.9inches of snow a winter

4.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.2with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Elk Mound: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.7Nov

11.5Dec

9Jan

14.2Feb

8.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13.5 in on February 24, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 87.3 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 8.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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 Elk Mound

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Eau Claire Area School DistrictEau Claire	57.3 in	2.5
Menomonie Area School DistrictMenomonie	45.3 in	2.5
Altoona School DistrictAltoona	57.3 in	2.5
Chippewa Falls Area School DistrictChippewa Falls	41.3 in	2.3
Bloomer School DistrictBloomer	37.9 in	2
Durand School DistrictDurand	39.2 in	1.9

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Elk Mound High

Middle

Elk Mound Middle

Elementary

Mound View Elementary

Questions

Elk Mound snow day questions

How much snow does Elk Mound get?

What was the biggest snow day near Elk Mound?

Does Elk Mound get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Elk Mound 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.