Verona, Wisconsin, 5,794 students in 12 schools

Verona Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Verona?

June 9, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Verona get?

About 40.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away, averaged over 10 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 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Verona?

10 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 71.8 inches.

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

Verona averages 2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 55 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Verona snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Verona 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 Verona’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Verona, measured against Verona's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Verona close tomorrow?

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

The Verona playbook

How Verona calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 1, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day June 9, 2027

District calendar

Read from Verona’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is verona.k12.wi.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Verona’s snow record

40.6inches of snow a winter

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

2with 4 in or more

4.5 ina big snow morning in Verona: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 55% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.1Nov

6.7Dec

13.6Jan

8.8Feb

5.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on November 30, 2025
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 71.8 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 6.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.1 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 Verona

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Middleton-Cross Plains School DistrictMiddleton	48.3 in	2.2
Madison Metropolitan School DistrictMadison	39.5 in	1.4
Oregon School DistrictOregon	39.5 in	1.4
Mount Horeb Area School DistrictMount Horeb	39.5 in	2.3
Monona Grove School DistrictMonona	39.5 in	1.4
McFarland School DistrictMcFarland	39.5 in	1.4

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Verona Area High

Middle

Badger Ridge Middle
Savanna Oaks Middle, Fitchburg

Elementary

Sugar Creek Elementary
Glacier Edge Elementary
Core Knowledge Charter School
Stoner Prairie Elementary, Fitchburg
Country View Elementary
New Century School
Verona Area International School

Other schools

Verona Area K4
Early Childhood

Questions

Verona snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Verona?

How much snow does Verona get?

What was the biggest snow day near Verona?

Does Verona get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Verona 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.