Osceola, Wisconsin, 1,361 students in 4 schools

Osceola School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Osceola get?

About 38.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6 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 2.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Osceola?

12 inches on April 16, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 90.3 inches.

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

Osceola averages 2.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 68 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Osceola snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Osceola 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 Osceola’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Osceola close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Osceola’s snow record

38.9inches of snow a winter

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

2.3with 4 in or more

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

22.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 68% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3Nov

10.6Dec

6.8Jan

9.6Feb

5.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on April 16, 2018
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 90.3 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 8.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6 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 Osceola

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
St. Croix Falls School DistrictSaint Croix Falls	38.9 in	2.3
Somerset School DistrictSomerset	36.7 in	1.1
Amery School DistrictAmery	56.7 in	2.6
New Richmond School DistrictNew Richmond	50.3 in	2.7
Hudson School DistrictHudson	50.3 in	2.7
St. Croix Central School DistrictHammond	51.6 in	2.4

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Osceola High

Middle

Osceola Middle

Elementary

Osceola Elementary
Osceola Intermediate

Questions

Osceola snow day questions

How much snow does Osceola get?

What was the biggest snow day near Osceola?

Does Osceola get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Osceola 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.