Eagle River, Wisconsin, 1,368 students in 8 schools

Northland Pines School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Eagle River get?

About 92.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Northland Pines?

16 inches on February 24, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 133.6 inches.

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

Northland Pines averages 3.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 91 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Northland Pines snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Eagle River 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 Northland Pines’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Northland Pines, measured against Northland Pines's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Northland Pines close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Northland Pines’s snow record

92.5inches of snow a winter

8.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.2with 4 in or more

4.5 ina big snow morning in Northland Pines: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

23.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 91% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

10.8Nov

18.7Dec

16.5Jan

19.5Feb

13.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16 in on February 24, 2019
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 133.6 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 14.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.3 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 Northland Pines

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Rhinelander School DistrictRhinelander	83.2 in	2.8
Tomahawk School DistrictTomahawk	71.9 in	2.9
Merrill Area School DistrictMerrill	62.4 in	3.1
Antigo School DistrictAntigo	57.6 in	3.1
Wausau School DistrictWausau	67.3 in	2.2
D.C. Everest Area School DistrictWeston	67.4 in	2.2	4

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Northland Pines High
School of Options and Applied Research High

Middle

Northland Pines Middle
School of Options and Applied Research Middle, Land O' Lakes

Elementary

Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River
Northland Pines Elementary-St Germain, Saint Germain
Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC), Saint Germain
Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes, Land O' Lakes

Questions

Northland Pines snow day questions

How much snow does Eagle River get?

What was the biggest snow day near Northland Pines?

Does Northland Pines get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Northland Pines 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.