Wausau School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Wausau, measured against Wausau's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.
Will Wausau close tomorrow?
How Wausau calls a snow day
How families hear
By phone call, social media, the district website, radio and local TV.
“School closing or delay information will be sent to you via School Messenger®, the District's electronic notification system, and announced over the District’s social media and website as well as the following radio and television stations:”Wausau School District Emergency School Closing Plans
Delayed openings
“WAUSAU PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS WILL BE OPEN AT THEIR REGULAR TIME. FIRST STUDENT (YELLOW BUSES) WILL BEGIN THEIR ROUTES ONE (1) OR TWO (2) HOURS LATE. ALL 4K AND EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSES ARE CANCELED.”Delay schedule
Virtual learning days
Wausau has virtual learning days in its winter plan.
“PLAN FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING DAY Media Announcement - ALL WAUSAU PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE VIRTUAL LEARNING TODAY”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day September 1, 2026
- Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
- Last day June 3, 2027
Recent snow days
- 2025 to 2026. Classes moved online for another day after a March 2026 weekend blizzard.
“Students in the Wausau School District will spend another day learning from home Tuesday as crews and families continue digging out from a historic weekend blizzard.”
News report
Read from Wausau’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is wausauschools.org.
Wausau’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 23.4 in on March 15, 2026
- Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 96.8 in
- 6 in mornings 1 a winter
- 1 in mornings 11 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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.
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
Districts near Wausau
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.C. Everest Area School DistrictWeston | 67.4 in | 2.2 | 4 |
| Mosinee School DistrictMosinee | 54.4 in | 2 | |
| Merrill Area School DistrictMerrill | 62.4 in | 3.1 | |
| Wittenberg-Birnamwood School DistrictWittenberg | 49 in | 3.1 | |
| Antigo School DistrictAntigo | 57.6 in | 3.1 | |
| Stevens Point Area School DistrictStevens Point | 51.8 in | 1.9 |
20 schools
Every school in Wausau follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- West High
- East High
- Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy
Middle
- John Muir Middle
- Horace Mann Middle
Elementary
- G D Jones Elementary
- Riverview Elementary
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary
- Stettin Elementary
- Maine Elementary
- John Marshall Elementary
- South Mountain Elementary
- Lincoln Elementary
- Rib Mountain Elementary
- Hawthorn Hills Elementary
- Franklin Elementary
- Grant Elementary
- Wausau Area Montessori Charter School
- Hewitt-Texas Elementary
Other schools
- Wausau Area Virtual Education
Wausau snow day questions
More for Wisconsin snow days

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.