New Holstein, Wisconsin, 1,008 students in 3 schools

New Holstein School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Holstein get?

About 47 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near New Holstein?

12 inches on January 13, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 62.8 inches.

Q: How does the New Holstein snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Holstein 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 New Holstein’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away.

Q: Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

If a district offers make-up instruction virtually on a weather closure, those hours can count; the rule sets no cap on such days.

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

The next three school mornings

Will New Holstein close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

New Holstein’s snow record

47inches of snow a winter

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

1.8with 4 in or more

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

10.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

3.3Nov

9.7Dec

11.7Jan

9.9Feb

8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on January 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 62.8 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 10.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.3 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 New Holstein

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Kiel Area School DistrictKiel	47 in	1.8
Chilton School DistrictChilton	47 in	1.8
Plymouth School DistrictPlymouth	41.8 in	2
Fond du Lac School DistrictFond du Lac	45.1 in	1.5	5
North Fond du Lac School DistrictNorth Fond du Lac	31.2 in	1
Sheboygan Falls School DistrictSheboygan Falls	45.8 in	2.1

The schools

3 schools

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

High

New Holstein High

Middle

New Holstein Middle

Elementary

New Holstein Elementary

Questions

New Holstein snow day questions

How much snow does New Holstein get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Holstein?

How does the New Holstein snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

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.