Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, 1,679 students in 4 schools

Oconto Falls School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Oconto Falls get?

About 65.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.7 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Oconto Falls?

20.2 inches on March 16, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.7 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 91 inches.

Q: Does Oconto Falls get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

Oconto Falls averages 3.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 94 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Oconto Falls snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Oconto Falls 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 Oconto Falls’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.7 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Oconto Falls close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Oconto Falls.

Ten winters of school mornings

Oconto Falls’s snow record

65.4inches of snow a winter

7.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.4with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Oconto Falls: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

15.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 94% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.2Nov

14.4Dec

13.2Jan

15.1Feb

11.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 20.2 in on March 16, 2026
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 91 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 11.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.7 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 Oconto Falls

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Pulaski Community School DistrictPulaski	53.5 in	2.6
Howard-Suamico School DistrictGreen Bay	50.3 in	2.3
Peshtigo School DistrictPeshtigo	52.6 in	1.6
Shawano School DistrictShawano	56 in	2.6
Green Bay Area School DistrictGreen Bay	50.3 in	2.3	2
Seymour Community School DistrictSeymour	56.5 in	1.8

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Oconto Falls High

Middle

Washington Middle

Elementary

Oconto Falls Elementary
Abrams Elementary, Abrams

Questions

Oconto Falls snow day questions

How much snow does Oconto Falls get?

What was the biggest snow day near Oconto Falls?

Does Oconto Falls get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Oconto Falls 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.