Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1,133 students in 6 schools

Richland School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Richland Center get?

About 50.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 19.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.9 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 Richland?

12.5 inches on January 13, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 19.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 85.1 inches.

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

Richland 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 Richland snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Richland Center 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 Richland’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 19.2 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Richland close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Richland’s snow record

50.4inches of snow a winter

4.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.3with 4 in or more

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

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

3.4Nov

10Dec

12.7Jan

10.5Feb

7.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.5 in on January 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 85.1 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 9.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 19.2 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 Richland

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
River Valley School DistrictSpring Green	43.3 in	2.1
Reedsburg School DistrictReedsburg	36.7 in	1.3
Viroqua Area School DistrictViroqua	45.1 in	1.9
Dodgeville School DistrictDodgeville	38 in	1.7
Baraboo School DistrictBaraboo	39.9 in	1.4
Sauk Prairie School DistrictPrairie du Sac	32.1 in	1.1

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Richland Center High
PARTNER Charter School

Elementary

Richland Center Primary School
Richland Center Intermediate School

Other schools

Richland Online Academy
Richland Community 4K

Questions

Richland snow day questions

How much snow does Richland Center get?

What was the biggest snow day near Richland?

Does Richland get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Richland 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.