North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1,555 students in 6 schools

North Fond du Lac School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does North Fond du Lac get?

About 31.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near North Fond du Lac?

10 inches on March 16, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 45.1 inches.

Q: How does the North Fond du Lac snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for North Fond du Lac 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 North Fond du Lac’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.3 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 North Fond du Lac, measured against North Fond du Lac's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North Fond du Lac close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in North Fond du Lac.

Ten winters of school mornings

North Fond du Lac’s snow record

31.2inches of snow a winter

3.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in North Fond du Lac: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

11.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

2.1Nov

6.2Dec

7.3Jan

7.1Feb

5.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on March 16, 2026
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 45.1 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 7.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.3 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 North Fond du Lac

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Fond du Lac School DistrictFond du Lac	45.1 in	1.5	5
Oshkosh Area School DistrictOshkosh	43.7 in	1.4	2
Waupun School DistrictWaupun	63.1 in	2.3
Ripon Area School DistrictRipon	44 in	2.1
Campbellsport School DistrictCampbellsport	38 in	1.1
Omro School DistrictOmro	40.2 in	1.3

The schools

6 schools

Every school in North Fond du Lac follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Horace Mann High

Middle

Bessie Allen Middle

Elementary

Friendship Learning Elementary
Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind

Other schools

Early Learning Center
Exploration Charter High School

Questions

North Fond du Lac snow day questions

How much snow does North Fond du Lac get?

What was the biggest snow day near North Fond du Lac?

How does the North Fond du Lac 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.