Marinette, Wisconsin, 1,958 students in 4 schools

Marinette School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Marinette get?

About 50.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Marinette?

22.1 inches on March 16, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 71.8 inches.

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

Marinette averages 2.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 68 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Marinette snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Marinette 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 Marinette’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Marinette, measured against Marinette's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Marinette close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Marinette’s snow record

50.4inches of snow a winter

6.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.3with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Marinette: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

10.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 68% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

2.3Nov

10.9Dec

9.5Jan

13.9Feb

8.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 22.1 in on March 16, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 71.8 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 11.2 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 Marinette

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Peshtigo School DistrictPeshtigo	52.6 in	1.6
Oconto Falls School DistrictOconto Falls	65.4 in	3.4
Luxemburg-Casco School DistrictLuxemburg	42.9 in	2.1
Howard-Suamico School DistrictGreen Bay	50.3 in	2.3
Pulaski Community School DistrictPulaski	53.5 in	2.6
Green Bay Area School DistrictGreen Bay	50.3 in	2.3	2

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Marinette High

Middle

Marinette Middle

Elementary

Marinette Intermediate
Marinette Primary

Questions

Marinette snow day questions

How much snow does Marinette get?

What was the biggest snow day near Marinette?

Does Marinette get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Marinette snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

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.