Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 6,419 students in 15 schools

Fond du Lac School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How many snow days does Fond du Lac have built in?

5 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “Student Weather Make-Up Day / Student/Staff Weather Make-up Days as Needed”.

Q: When is the last day of school for Fond du Lac?

June 2, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Fond du Lac get?

About 45.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Fond du Lac?

11 inches on March 25, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 65.2 inches.

Q: How does the Fond du Lac snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Fond du Lac, measured against Fond du Lac's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Fond du Lac close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Fond du Lac.

The Fond du Lac playbook

How Fond du Lac calls a snow day

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Student Weather Make-Up Day / Student/Staff Weather Make-up Days as Needed”.

“7-10 | Student/Staff Weather Make-up Days as Needed”

Source

Making up a lost day

Made up on March 12 and then June 7 to 10, 2027 as needed.

Make up dates: Mar 12, Jun 7, Jun 8, Jun 9, Jun 10.

“12 | No School - Academic In-Service (All Levels) /Student Weather Make-Up Day”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 1, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day June 2, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. All schools closed Monday, March 16, 2026 for inclement weather, after facilities closed Sunday, March 15.
“All schools are closed on Monday, March 16, due to inclement weather.”
District notice

Read from Fond du Lac’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is fonddulac.k12.wi.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Fond du Lac’s snow record

45.1inches of snow a winter

5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.5with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Fond du Lac: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

8.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

2Nov

7.7Dec

12.7Jan

10.8Feb

6.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on March 25, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 65.2 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 9.3 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.

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 Fond du Lac

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
North Fond du Lac School DistrictNorth Fond du Lac	31.2 in	1
Campbellsport School DistrictCampbellsport	38 in	1.1
Waupun School DistrictWaupun	63.1 in	2.3
Oshkosh Area School DistrictOshkosh	43.7 in	1.4	2
Ripon Area School DistrictRipon	44 in	2.1
Kewaskum School DistrictKewaskum	38 in	1.1

The schools

15 schools

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

High

Fond du Lac High
Fond du Lac STEM Academy

Middle

Theisen Middle
Sabish Middle
Woodworth Middle

Elementary

Waters Elementary
Rosenow Elementary
Lakeshore Elementary
Roberts Elementary
Parkside Elementary
Chegwin Elementary
Evans Elementary
Riverside Elementary
Pier Elementary

Other schools

Early Learning in Fond du Lac

Questions

Fond du Lac snow day questions

How many snow days does Fond du Lac have built in?

When is the last day of school for Fond du Lac?

How much snow does Fond du Lac get?

What was the biggest snow day near Fond du Lac?

How does the Fond du Lac 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.