Maple, Wisconsin, 1,278 students in 4 schools

Maple School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Maple get?

About 90.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Maple?

21.6 inches on April 16, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 154.4 inches.

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

Maple averages 3.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Maple snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Maple 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 Maple’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Maple close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Maple’s snow record

90.5inches of snow a winter

8.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.3with 4 in or more

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

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

11.6Nov

19.9Dec

15.3Jan

15.6Feb

13.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 21.6 in on April 16, 2018
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 154.4 in
6 in mornings 1.8 a winter
1 in mornings 13.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.3 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 Maple

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Superior School DistrictSuperior	42.2 in	1.8
Ashland School DistrictAshland	75.4 in	3.6
Hayward Community School DistrictHayward	57.3 in	2.6
Grantsburg School DistrictGrantsburg	49.6 in	2.2
Rice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake	41.7 in	2.2
Cameron School DistrictCameron	41.7 in	2.2

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Northwestern High

Middle

Northwestern Middle, Poplar

Elementary

Northwestern Elementary, Poplar
Iron River Elementary, Iron River

Questions

Maple snow day questions

How much snow does Maple get?

What was the biggest snow day near Maple?

Does Maple get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Maple 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.