Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, 1,546 students in 3 schools

Sheboygan Falls School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Sheboygan Falls get?

About 45.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.5 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 Sheboygan Falls?

10.7 inches on February 23, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 67.7 inches.

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

Sheboygan Falls 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 Sheboygan Falls snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Sheboygan Falls 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 Sheboygan Falls’s own big snow morning: 4.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Sheboygan Falls, measured against Sheboygan Falls's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Sheboygan Falls close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Sheboygan Falls’s snow record

45.8inches of snow a winter

4.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

4.3 ina big snow morning in Sheboygan Falls: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

3.9Nov

5.4Dec

13.1Jan

13.2Feb

7.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.7 in on February 23, 2023
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 67.7 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 8.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4 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 Sheboygan Falls

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Sheboygan Area School DistrictSheboygan	32.9 in	1.8	1
Oostburg School DistrictOostburg	37.4 in	1.9
Plymouth School DistrictPlymouth	41.8 in	2
Kiel Area School DistrictKiel	47 in	1.8
Northern Ozaukee School DistrictFredonia	44.3 in	1.5
New Holstein School DistrictNew Holstein	47 in	1.8

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Sheboygan Falls High

Middle

Sheboygan Falls Middle

Elementary

Sheboygan Falls Elementary

Questions

Sheboygan Falls snow day questions

How much snow does Sheboygan Falls get?

What was the biggest snow day near Sheboygan Falls?

Does Sheboygan Falls get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Sheboygan Falls 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.