Ellsworth, Wisconsin, 1,620 students in 3 schools

Ellsworth Community School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Ellsworth get?

About 47 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Ellsworth?

12 inches on February 23, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 78.6 inches.

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

Ellsworth averages 3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 87 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Ellsworth snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Ellsworth, measured against Ellsworth's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Ellsworth close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Ellsworth’s snow record

47inches of snow a winter

5.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in Ellsworth: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

21school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 87% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.4Nov

10.4Dec

9.3Jan

11.3Feb

7.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on February 23, 2023
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 78.6 in
6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
1 in mornings 8.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.1 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 Ellsworth

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
River Falls School DistrictRiver Falls	50.3 in	2.4
Prescott School DistrictPrescott	35.9 in	2.2
St. Croix Central School DistrictHammond	51.6 in	2.4
Baldwin-Woodville Area School DistrictBaldwin	51.6 in	2.4
Hudson School DistrictHudson	50.3 in	2.7
Durand School DistrictDurand	39.2 in	1.9

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Ellsworth High

Middle

Ellsworth Middle

Elementary

Ellsworth Elementary

Questions

Ellsworth snow day questions

How much snow does Ellsworth get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ellsworth?

Does Ellsworth get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Ellsworth 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.