New Richmond, Wisconsin, 3,532 students in 7 schools

New Richmond School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Richmond get?

About 50.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.7 with 4 inches or more.

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

13 inches on December 11, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 81.8 inches.

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

New Richmond averages 2.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 82 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

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

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Richmond 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 Richmond’s own big snow morning: 5.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in New Richmond, measured against New Richmond's own big snow morning of 5.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will New Richmond close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

New Richmond’s snow record

50.3inches of snow a winter

5.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.7with 4 in or more

5.4 ina big snow morning in New Richmond: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 82% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

4.4Nov

11.7Dec

8.8Jan

12.5Feb

7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13 in on December 11, 2021
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 81.8 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 8.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.9 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 Richmond

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Somerset School DistrictSomerset	36.7 in	1.1
St. Croix Central School DistrictHammond	51.6 in	2.4
Hudson School DistrictHudson	50.3 in	2.7
Baldwin-Woodville Area School DistrictBaldwin	51.6 in	2.4
Amery School DistrictAmery	56.7 in	2.6
Osceola School DistrictOsceola	38.9 in	2.3

The schools

7 schools

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

High

New Richmond High

Middle

New Richmond Middle

Elementary

New Richmond Hillside Elementary
New Richmond Starr Elementary
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary

Other schools

NR4Kids
New Richmond Early Childhood Special Education

Questions

New Richmond snow day questions

How much snow does New Richmond get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Richmond?

Does New Richmond get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the New Richmond 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.