De Pere, Wisconsin, 3,655 students in 6 schools

West De Pere School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does De Pere get?

About 56.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near West De Pere?

17.1 inches on March 15, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 77.2 inches.

Q: How does the West De Pere snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for De Pere 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 West De Pere’s own big snow morning: 3.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.1 miles away.

Q: Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

If a district offers make-up instruction virtually on a weather closure, those hours can count; the rule sets no cap on such days.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in West De Pere, measured against West De Pere's own big snow morning of 3.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will West De Pere close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

West De Pere’s snow record

56.6inches of snow a winter

5.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.8with 4 in or more

3.8 ina big snow morning in West De Pere: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

11.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

3.4Nov

12Dec

11.4Jan

12.7Feb

10.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17.1 in on March 15, 2026
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 77.2 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 8.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.1 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 West De Pere

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
De Pere Unified School DistrictDe Pere	52 in	2
Ashwaubenon School DistrictGreen Bay	56.6 in	1.8
Green Bay Area School DistrictGreen Bay	50.3 in	2.3	2
Wrightstown Community School DistrictWrightstown	43.6 in	1.4
Howard-Suamico School DistrictGreen Bay	50.3 in	2.3
Freedom Area School DistrictFreedom	43.6 in	1.4

The schools

6 schools

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

High

West De Pere High
Phantom Knight School of Opportunity

Middle

West De Pere Intermediate School
West De Pere Middle

Elementary

Hemlock Creek Elementary
Westwood Elementary

Questions

West De Pere snow day questions

How much snow does De Pere get?

What was the biggest snow day near West De Pere?

How does the West De Pere snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

Can Wisconsin schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for Wisconsin snow days

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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.