Stanley, Wisconsin, 1,066 students in 4 schools

Stanley-Boyd Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Stanley get?

About 51.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 20.6 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Stanley-Boyd?

13 inches on February 25, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 20.6 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 81.3 inches.

Q: Does Stanley-Boyd get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

Stanley-Boyd averages 3.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 96 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Stanley-Boyd snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Stanley 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 Stanley-Boyd’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 20.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Stanley-Boyd, measured against Stanley-Boyd's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Stanley-Boyd close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Stanley-Boyd’s snow record

51.1inches of snow a winter

7.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.7with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in Stanley-Boyd: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

20.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 96% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

1.7Nov

11.3Dec

9.2Jan

13.9Feb

8.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13 in on February 25, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 81.3 in
6 in mornings 1.8 a winter
1 in mornings 11.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 20.6 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 Stanley-Boyd

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Chippewa Falls Area School DistrictChippewa Falls	41.3 in	2.3
Altoona School DistrictAltoona	57.3 in	2.5
Bloomer School DistrictBloomer	37.9 in	2
Eau Claire Area School DistrictEau Claire	57.3 in	2.5
Medford Area School DistrictMedford	56.8 in	3.3
Elk Mound Area School DistrictElk Mound	51.9 in	2.2

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Stanley-Boyd High

Middle

Stanley-Boyd Middle

Elementary

Stanley Elementary

Other schools

Boyd Elementary, Boyd

Questions

Stanley-Boyd snow day questions

How much snow does Stanley get?

What was the biggest snow day near Stanley-Boyd?

Does Stanley-Boyd get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Stanley-Boyd 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.