Waupun, Wisconsin, 1,890 students in 5 schools

Waupun School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Waupun get?

About 63.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 13.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.3 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 Waupun?

14.2 inches on December 20, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 13.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 93.3 inches.

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

Waupun 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 Waupun snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Waupun 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 Waupun’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 13.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Waupun, measured against Waupun's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Waupun close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Waupun’s snow record

63.1inches of snow a winter

6.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.3with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Waupun: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

13.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

5.6Nov

13Dec

16.5Jan

12.9Feb

9.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.2 in on December 20, 2024
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 93.3 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 10.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 13.7 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 Waupun

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Beaver Dam School DistrictBeaver Dam	41.9 in	1.7
Ripon Area School DistrictRipon	44 in	2.1
Fond du Lac School DistrictFond du Lac	45.1 in	1.5	5
North Fond du Lac School DistrictNorth Fond du Lac	31.2 in	1
Campbellsport School DistrictCampbellsport	38 in	1.1
Columbus School DistrictColumbus	39.1 in	1.4

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Waupun Area Senior High

Middle

Waupun Area Junior High

Elementary

Rock River Intermediate
Meadow View Primary
School for Agricultural and Environmental Studies, Fox Lake

Questions

Waupun snow day questions

How much snow does Waupun get?

What was the biggest snow day near Waupun?

Does Waupun get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Waupun 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.