Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1,090 students in 4 schools

River Valley School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Spring Green get?

About 43.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.7 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4 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 River Valley?

12.2 inches on January 13, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.7 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 69.7 inches.

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

River Valley 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 River Valley snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Spring Green 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 River Valley’s own big snow morning: 5.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in River Valley, measured against River Valley's own big snow morning of 5.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will River Valley close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

River Valley’s snow record

43.3inches of snow a winter

4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

5.1 ina big snow morning in River Valley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

4.3Nov

8.5Dec

13.9Jan

7.8Feb

5.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.2 in on January 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 69.7 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 6.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.7 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 River Valley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Dodgeville School DistrictDodgeville	38 in	1.7
Sauk Prairie School DistrictPrairie du Sac	32.1 in	1.1
Richland School DistrictRichland Center	50.4 in	2.3
Mount Horeb Area School DistrictMount Horeb	39.5 in	2.3
Reedsburg School DistrictReedsburg	36.7 in	1.3
Baraboo School DistrictBaraboo	39.9 in	1.4

The schools

4 schools

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

High

River Valley High

Middle

River Valley Middle

Elementary

River Valley Elementary

Other schools

River Valley Early Learning Center, Plain

Questions

River Valley snow day questions

How much snow does Spring Green get?

What was the biggest snow day near River Valley?

Does River Valley get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the River Valley 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.