Pulaski, Wisconsin, 3,798 students in 7 schools

Pulaski Community School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Pulaski get?

About 53.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Pulaski?

12 inches on April 16, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 73.7 inches.

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

Pulaski averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 78 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Pulaski snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Pulaski 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 Pulaski’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Pulaski, measured against Pulaski's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Pulaski close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Pulaski’s snow record

53.5inches of snow a winter

5.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.6with 4 in or more

4.5 ina big snow morning in Pulaski: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 78% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3Nov

11.1Dec

10.8Jan

13.8Feb

7.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on April 16, 2018
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 73.7 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 9.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1 mile 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 Pulaski

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Howard-Suamico School DistrictGreen Bay	50.3 in	2.3
Seymour Community School DistrictSeymour	56.5 in	1.8
Oconto Falls School DistrictOconto Falls	65.4 in	3.4
Green Bay Area School DistrictGreen Bay	50.3 in	2.3	2
Ashwaubenon School DistrictGreen Bay	56.6 in	1.8
West De Pere School DistrictDe Pere	56.6 in	1.8

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Pulaski High

Middle

Pulaski Community Middle

Elementary

Glenbrook Elementary
Sunnyside Elementary, Sobieski
Hillcrest Elementary, Oneida
Lannoye Elementary, Green Bay
Fairview Elementary, Krakow

Questions

Pulaski snow day questions

How much snow does Pulaski get?

What was the biggest snow day near Pulaski?

Does Pulaski get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Pulaski 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.