Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1,761 students in 5 schools

Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Lake Geneva get?

About 37.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Lake Geneva Joint No. 1?

12 inches on January 13, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 53.5 inches.

Q: How does the Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Lake Geneva 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 Lake Geneva Joint No. 1’s own big snow morning: 4.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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 Lake Geneva Joint No. 1, measured against Lake Geneva Joint No. 1's own big snow morning of 4.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Lake Geneva Joint No. 1’s snow record

37.1inches of snow a winter

3.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.6with 4 in or more

4.2 ina big snow morning in Lake Geneva Joint No. 1: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.4Nov

6.4Dec

11.1Jan

7.7Feb

5.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on January 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 53.5 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 6.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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 Lake Geneva Joint No. 1

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union High School DistrictLake Geneva	37.1 in	1.6
Elkhorn Area School DistrictElkhorn	34.2 in	1.1
Burlington Area School DistrictBurlington	33.6 in	1.4
Delavan-Darien School DistrictDelavan	34 in	1.4
East Troy Community School DistrictEast Troy	31.6 in	1.1
Westosha Central High School DistrictSalem	35.3 in	1.8

The schools

5 schools

Every school in Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

Middle

Lake Geneva Middle

Elementary

Central - Denison Elementary
Star Center Elementary
Eastview Elementary
Maple Park Charter School

Questions

Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 snow day questions

How much snow does Lake Geneva get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lake Geneva Joint No. 1?

How does the Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 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

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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.