Ripon, Wisconsin, 1,654 students in 7 schools

Ripon Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Ripon get?

About 44 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.3 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Ripon?

11.5 inches on March 16, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.3 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 65.6 inches.

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

Ripon averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 60 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Ripon snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Ripon 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 Ripon’s own big snow morning: 4.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Ripon, measured against Ripon's own big snow morning of 4.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Ripon close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Ripon’s snow record

44inches of snow a winter

5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

4.9 ina big snow morning in Ripon: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 60% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.6Nov

7.4Dec

11.3Jan

10.8Feb

7.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on March 16, 2026
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 65.6 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 7.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.3 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 Ripon

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Berlin Area School DistrictBerlin	45.9 in	1.9
Waupun School DistrictWaupun	63.1 in	2.3
Omro School DistrictOmro	40.2 in	1.3
North Fond du Lac School DistrictNorth Fond du Lac	31.2 in	1
Oshkosh Area School DistrictOshkosh	43.7 in	1.4	2
Fond du Lac School DistrictFond du Lac	45.1 in	1.5	5

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Ripon High

Middle

Ripon Middle

Elementary

Journey
Barlow Park Charter School
Quest Charter School
Murray Park Elementary

Other schools

Odyssey Academy of Virtual Learning

Questions

Ripon snow day questions

How much snow does Ripon get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ripon?

Does Ripon get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Ripon 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.