Madison Metropolitan School District Snow Day Predictor

Madison Metropolitan announces closings by 9pm the evening prior or by 5:30 am the morning of, by its own published protocol.

By email, text message, phone call, the district website and social media, and on the district’s own closings page.

June 10, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

About 39.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

11.7 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 71.7 inches.

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Madison 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 Madison Metropolitan’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away.

Wisconsin requires hours, not days: 437 for kindergarten, 1,050 for grades 1 to 6 and 1,137 for grades 7 to 12.