Franklin Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Franklin call a snow day?

Franklin announces closings by 6 am at the latest, by its own published protocol.

Q: How many snow days does Franklin have built in?

1 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “School Closure day”.

Q: Does Franklin switch to remote learning on a snow day?

A snow day in Franklin is a day off: the district closes rather than going remote.

Q: When is the last day of school for Franklin?

May 28, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How does the Franklin snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Franklin 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 Franklin’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Franklin close tomorrow?

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

The Franklin playbook

How Franklin calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 6 am at the latest.

“we work to make a school closure determination and communicate this to families by 6 am at the latest.”

Source

How families hear

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

“Parents and Staff will be sent an email, phone call and text message alert.”

1 built in snow day

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “School Closure day”.

“Our current school calendar allows for one School Closure day across the district.”

Source

A snow day is a day off

Franklin closes rather than going remote.

“Closure #1 - 4K-12 no school, no virtual learning”

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Making up a lost day

After the first closure the high school adjusts its schedule to meet state minutes; the district communicates further changes after the third.

“If we were to see subsequent closure days, FHS will need to adjust scheduling for the remainder of the school year in order to meet DPI requirements.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 24, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 3
Last day May 28, 2027

District calendar

Read from Franklin’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is franklin.k12.wi.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Franklin’s snow record

37.8inches of snow a winter

3.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Franklin: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

11.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 55% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.7Nov

4.8Dec

12.6Jan

8.2Feb

6.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.3 in on January 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 50.7 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 5.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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 Franklin

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Greendale School DistrictGreendale	37.8 in	2
Whitnall School DistrictGreenfield	37.8 in	2
Greenfield School DistrictGreenfield	37.8 in	2
Oak Creek-Franklin School DistrictOak Creek	41.3 in	1.6
New Berlin School DistrictNew Berlin	37.8 in	2
Muskego-Norway School DistrictMuskego	31.5 in	1.3

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Franklin High
Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center

Middle

Forest Park Middle

Elementary

Robinwood Elementary
Country Dale Elementary
Pleasant View Elementary
Southwood Glen Elementary
Ben Franklin Elementary

Questions

Franklin snow day questions

When does Franklin call a snow day?

How does Franklin announce a snow day?

How many snow days does Franklin have built in?

Does Franklin switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Franklin?

How does the Franklin 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.