Tomahawk, Wisconsin, 1,142 students in 3 schools

Tomahawk School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Tomahawk get?

About 71.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Tomahawk?

12 inches on February 24, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 105.5 inches.

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

Tomahawk averages 2.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 86 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Tomahawk snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Tomahawk 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 Tomahawk’s own big snow morning: 4.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Tomahawk, measured against Tomahawk's own big snow morning of 4.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Tomahawk close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Tomahawk’s snow record

71.9inches of snow a winter

7.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.9with 4 in or more

4.2 ina big snow morning in Tomahawk: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

21.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 86% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

6.4Nov

14Dec

11.9Jan

17.3Feb

10.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on February 24, 2019
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 105.5 in
6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
1 in mornings 12.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.3 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 Tomahawk

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Rhinelander School DistrictRhinelander	83.2 in	2.8
Merrill Area School DistrictMerrill	62.4 in	3.1
Antigo School DistrictAntigo	57.6 in	3.1
Wausau School DistrictWausau	67.3 in	2.2
Northland Pines School DistrictEagle River	92.5 in	3.2
Medford Area School DistrictMedford	56.8 in	3.3

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Tomahawk High

Middle

Tomahawk Middle

Elementary

Tomahawk Elementary

Questions

Tomahawk snow day questions

How much snow does Tomahawk get?

What was the biggest snow day near Tomahawk?

Does Tomahawk get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Tomahawk 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.