Germantown, Wisconsin, 3,816 students in 6 schools

Germantown School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Germantown get?

About 49.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Germantown?

11.8 inches on January 13, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 67.5 inches.

Q: How does the Germantown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Germantown 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 Germantown’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away.

Q: Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

If a district offers make-up instruction virtually on a weather closure, those hours can count; the rule sets no cap on such days.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Germantown, measured against Germantown's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Germantown close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Germantown’s snow record

49.9inches of snow a winter

5.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

4.5 ina big snow morning in Germantown: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

10school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

4.2Nov

8.5Dec

14.6Jan

12.3Feb

7.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.8 in on January 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 67.5 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 7.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3 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 Germantown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Menomonee Falls School DistrictMenomonee Falls	49.9 in	1.9
Mequon-Thiensville School DistrictMequon	33.1 in	1.3
Brown Deer School DistrictBrown Deer	33.1 in	1.3
Cedarburg School DistrictCedarburg	37 in	1.9
Hamilton School DistrictSussex	40.4 in	1.1
Elmbrook School DistrictBrookfield	34.3 in	1.2	2

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Germantown High

Middle

Kennedy Middle

Elementary

MacArthur Elementary
County Line Elementary
Amy Belle Elementary, Colgate
Rockfield Elementary

Questions

Germantown snow day questions

How much snow does Germantown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Germantown?

How does the Germantown snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

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.