Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, 2,391 students in 6 schools

Mount Horeb Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Mount Horeb get?

About 39.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.2 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 Mount Horeb?

10.5 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 69.2 inches.

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

Mount Horeb 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 Mount Horeb snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Mount Horeb 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 Mount Horeb’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Mount Horeb, measured against Mount Horeb's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Mount Horeb close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mount Horeb’s snow record

39.5inches of snow a winter

5.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.3with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Mount Horeb: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

2.9Nov

7.6Dec

12.6Jan

8.3Feb

5.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.5 in on November 30, 2025
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 69.2 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 8.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.5 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 Mount Horeb

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Verona Area School DistrictVerona	40.6 in	2
Middleton-Cross Plains School DistrictMiddleton	48.3 in	2.2
Madison Metropolitan School DistrictMadison	39.5 in	1.4
Oregon School DistrictOregon	39.5 in	1.4
Waunakee Community School DistrictWaunakee	46.4 in	1.8
Sauk Prairie School DistrictPrairie du Sac	32.1 in	1.1

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Mount Horeb High

Middle

Mount Horeb Middle

Elementary

Mount Horeb Intermediate
Mount Horeb Primary Center

Other schools

Mount Horeb Early Learning Center
Mount Horeb Area Community 4K

Questions

Mount Horeb snow day questions

How much snow does Mount Horeb get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mount Horeb?

Does Mount Horeb get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Mount Horeb 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.