Galesville, Wisconsin, 1,369 students in 5 schools

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Galesville get?

About 35.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau?

11 inches on February 12, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 67.4 inches.

Q: Does Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau averages 2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 55 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Galesville 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 Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau’s own big snow morning: 4.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau, measured against Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau's own big snow morning of 4.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau’s snow record

35.7inches of snow a winter

5.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2with 4 in or more

4.1 ina big snow morning in Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

13.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

2Nov

7.6Dec

7.9Jan

10.2Feb

5.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on February 12, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 67.4 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 7.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8 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 Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Holmen School DistrictHolmen	41.1 in	1.4
Arcadia School DistrictArcadia	36.8 in	1.6
Onalaska School DistrictOnalaska	41.1 in	1.4
West Salem School DistrictWest Salem	37.5 in	1.6
La Crosse School DistrictLa Crosse	51.7 in	2.2
Black River Falls School DistrictBlack River Falls	42 in	2

The schools

5 schools

Every school in Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High

Middle

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Middle

Elementary

Trempealeau Elementary, Trempealeau
Galesville Elementary
Ettrick Elementary, Ettrick

Questions

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau snow day questions

How much snow does Galesville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau?

Does Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau 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.