Hayward, Wisconsin, 1,891 students in 6 schools

Hayward Community School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hayward get?

About 57.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Hayward?

13.9 inches on December 1, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 92.7 inches.

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

Hayward averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 78 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Hayward snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hayward 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 Hayward’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Hayward, measured against Hayward's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hayward close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hayward’s snow record

57.3inches of snow a winter

5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.6with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Hayward: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

22school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 78% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

5.9Nov

15.2Dec

9.6Jan

11.9Feb

9.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13.9 in on December 1, 2019
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 92.7 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 10 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.4 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 Hayward

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Rice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake	41.7 in	2.2
Maple School DistrictMaple	90.5 in	3.3
Cameron School DistrictCameron	41.7 in	2.2
Barron Area School DistrictBarron	41.7 in	2.2
Ashland School DistrictAshland	75.4 in	3.6
Superior School DistrictSuperior	42.2 in	1.8

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Hayward High
Northern Waters Environmental School

Middle

Hayward Middle

Elementary

Hayward Primary
Hayward Intermediate

Other schools

Hayward Ctr for Individualized Learning

Questions

Hayward snow day questions

How much snow does Hayward get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hayward?

Does Hayward get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Hayward 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.