Port Washington, Wisconsin, 2,478 students in 5 schools

Port Washington-Saukville School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Port Washington get?

About 33.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Port Washington-Saukville?

8.5 inches on January 28, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 55.3 inches.

Q: How does the Port Washington-Saukville snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Port Washington 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 Port Washington-Saukville’s own big snow morning: 5.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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 Port Washington-Saukville, measured against Port Washington-Saukville's own big snow morning of 5.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Port Washington-Saukville close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Port Washington-Saukville’s snow record

33.3inches of snow a winter

3.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.7with 4 in or more

5.5 ina big snow morning in Port Washington-Saukville: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.4Nov

4.4Dec

9.5Jan

9.9Feb

4.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.5 in on January 28, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 55.3 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 5.7 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 Port Washington-Saukville

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Northern Ozaukee School DistrictFredonia	44.3 in	1.5
Grafton School DistrictGrafton	37 in	1.9
Cedarburg School DistrictCedarburg	37 in	1.9
Mequon-Thiensville School DistrictMequon	33.1 in	1.3
West Bend School DistrictWest Bend	45.6 in	1.9
Oostburg School DistrictOostburg	37.4 in	1.9

The schools

5 schools

Every school in Port Washington-Saukville follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Port Washington High

Middle

Thomas Jefferson Middle

Elementary

Saukville Elementary, Saukville
Dunwiddie Elementary
Lincoln Elementary

Questions

Port Washington-Saukville snow day questions

How much snow does Port Washington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Port Washington-Saukville?

How does the Port Washington-Saukville 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

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.