Waupaca, Wisconsin, 2,037 students in 5 schools

Waupaca School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Waupaca get?

About 52.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.8 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Waupaca?

11 inches on April 16, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.8 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 78.2 inches.

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

Waupaca averages 2.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 83 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Waupaca snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Waupaca 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 Waupaca’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Waupaca, measured against Waupaca's own big snow morning of 4.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Waupaca close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Waupaca’s snow record

52.6inches of snow a winter

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

2.8with 4 in or more

4.7 ina big snow morning in Waupaca: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

11.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

2.6Nov

11.1Dec

10.5Jan

13.5Feb

7.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on April 16, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 78.2 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 9.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.8 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 Waupaca

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Tomorrow River School DistrictAmherst	61.6 in	2.8
New London School DistrictNew London	51.9 in	2
Wautoma Area School DistrictWautoma	43.5 in	1.8
Hortonville School DistrictHortonville	51.9 in	2
Stevens Point Area School DistrictStevens Point	51.8 in	1.9
Winneconne Community School DistrictWinneconne	40.2 in	1.3

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Waupaca High

Middle

Waupaca Middle

Elementary

Waupaca Learning Center Elementary
Chain Exploration Center

Other schools

Waupaca Community 4-Year Old Kindergarten

Questions

Waupaca snow day questions

How much snow does Waupaca get?

What was the biggest snow day near Waupaca?

Does Waupaca get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Waupaca 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.