Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin, 1,055 students in 4 schools

St. Croix Falls School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Saint Croix Falls get?

About 38.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.6 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 St. Croix Falls?

12 inches on April 16, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 90.3 inches.

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

St. Croix Falls 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 St. Croix Falls snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Saint Croix 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 St. Croix Falls’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in St. Croix Falls, measured against St. Croix Falls's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will St. Croix Falls close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

St. Croix Falls’s snow record

38.9inches of snow a winter

5.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.3with 4 in or more

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

22.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

3Nov

10.6Dec

6.8Jan

9.6Feb

5.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on April 16, 2018
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 90.3 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 8.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Falls

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Osceola School DistrictOsceola	38.9 in	2.3
Amery School DistrictAmery	56.7 in	2.6
Somerset School DistrictSomerset	36.7 in	1.1
New Richmond School DistrictNew Richmond	50.3 in	2.7
Grantsburg School DistrictGrantsburg	49.6 in	2.2
Hudson School DistrictHudson	50.3 in	2.7

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Saint Croix Falls High

Middle

Saint Croix Falls Middle

Elementary

Saint Croix Falls Elementary

Other schools

Dresser Elementary, Dresser

Questions

St. Croix Falls snow day questions

How much snow does Saint Croix Falls get?

What was the biggest snow day near St. Croix Falls?

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

How does the St. Croix 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.