Plymouth, Wisconsin, 2,008 students in 5 schools

Plymouth School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Plymouth get?

About 41.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Plymouth?

12 inches on March 10, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 63.4 inches.

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

Plymouth averages 2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 55 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Plymouth snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Plymouth 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 Plymouth’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Plymouth, measured against Plymouth's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Plymouth close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Plymouth’s snow record

41.8inches of snow a winter

5.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Plymouth: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

9.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 55% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.3Nov

8.1Dec

11.9Jan

9.1Feb

6.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on March 10, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 63.4 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 8.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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 Plymouth

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Sheboygan Falls School DistrictSheboygan Falls	45.8 in	2.1
Sheboygan Area School DistrictSheboygan	32.9 in	1.8	1
Oostburg School DistrictOostburg	37.4 in	1.9
Kiel Area School DistrictKiel	47 in	1.8
New Holstein School DistrictNew Holstein	47 in	1.8
Northern Ozaukee School DistrictFredonia	44.3 in	1.5

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Plymouth High

Middle

Riverview Middle

Elementary

Horizon Elementary
Parkview Elementary
Fairview Elementary

Questions

Plymouth snow day questions

How much snow does Plymouth get?

What was the biggest snow day near Plymouth?

Does Plymouth get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Plymouth 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.