Mosinee, Wisconsin, 1,956 students in 3 schools

Mosinee School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Mosinee get?

About 54.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mosinee?

10.5 inches on February 13, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 86.8 inches.

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

Mosinee averages 2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 55 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Mosinee snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Mosinee 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 Mosinee’s own big snow morning: 4.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Mosinee, measured against Mosinee's own big snow morning of 4.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Mosinee close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mosinee’s snow record

54.4inches of snow a winter

5.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2with 4 in or more

4.2 ina big snow morning in Mosinee: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 55% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.4Nov

11.3Dec

9.6Jan

14.2Feb

8.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.5 in on February 13, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 86.8 in
6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
1 in mornings 9.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.1 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 Mosinee

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
D.C. Everest Area School DistrictWeston	67.4 in	2.2	4
Wausau School DistrictWausau	67.3 in	2.2
Stevens Point Area School DistrictStevens Point	51.8 in	1.9
Marshfield School DistrictMarshfield	40.1 in	1.3
Wittenberg-Birnamwood School DistrictWittenberg	49 in	3.1
Merrill Area School DistrictMerrill	62.4 in	3.1

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Mosinee High

Middle

Mosinee Middle

Elementary

Mosinee Elementary

Questions

Mosinee snow day questions

How much snow does Mosinee get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mosinee?

Does Mosinee get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Mosinee 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.