Hammond, Wisconsin, 1,821 students in 4 schools

St. Croix Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hammond get?

About 51.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near St. Croix?

14 inches on December 11, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 96.5 inches.

Q: Does St. Croix get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

St. Croix averages 2.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 73 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the St. Croix snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hammond 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 St. Croix’s own big snow morning: 6.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in St. Croix, measured against St. Croix's own big snow morning of 6.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will St. Croix close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

St. Croix’s snow record

51.6inches of snow a winter

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

2.4with 4 in or more

6.1 ina big snow morning in St. Croix: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

24.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 73% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3Nov

11.4Dec

9.7Jan

14.2Feb

6.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on December 11, 2021
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 96.5 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 9.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.5 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 St. Croix

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Baldwin-Woodville Area School DistrictBaldwin	51.6 in	2.4
New Richmond School DistrictNew Richmond	50.3 in	2.7
Hudson School DistrictHudson	50.3 in	2.7
River Falls School DistrictRiver Falls	50.3 in	2.4
Somerset School DistrictSomerset	36.7 in	1.1
Ellsworth Community School DistrictEllsworth	47 in	3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Saint Croix Central High

Middle

Saint Croix Central Middle

Elementary

Saint Croix Central Elementary, Roberts

Other schools

Saint Croix Virtual Academy Inc

Questions

St. Croix snow day questions

How much snow does Hammond get?

What was the biggest snow day near St. Croix?

Does St. Croix get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the St. Croix 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.