Prescott, Wisconsin, 1,247 students in 4 schools

Prescott School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Prescott get?

About 35.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Prescott?

9 inches on January 23, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 70.2 inches.

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

Prescott averages 2.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 64 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Prescott snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Prescott 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 Prescott’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Prescott close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Prescott’s snow record

35.9inches of snow a winter

4.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.2with 4 in or more

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

17.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

2.7Nov

6.8Dec

7Jan

10.5Feb

5.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 23, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 70.2 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 7.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.9 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 Prescott

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
River Falls School DistrictRiver Falls	50.3 in	2.4
Ellsworth Community School DistrictEllsworth	47 in	3
Hudson School DistrictHudson	50.3 in	2.7
St. Croix Central School DistrictHammond	51.6 in	2.4
Somerset School DistrictSomerset	36.7 in	1.1
Baldwin-Woodville Area School DistrictBaldwin	51.6 in	2.4

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Prescott High

Middle

Prescott Middle

Elementary

Malone Elementary

Other schools

Prescott 4K

Questions

Prescott snow day questions

How much snow does Prescott get?

What was the biggest snow day near Prescott?

Does Prescott get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Prescott snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

More winter

More for Wisconsin snow days

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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.