Westfield, Wisconsin, 1,033 students in 5 schools

Westfield School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Westfield get?

About 35.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.7 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Westfield?

11.5 inches on January 13, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.7 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 52.6 inches.

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

Westfield averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 60 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Westfield snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Westfield 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 Westfield’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Westfield, measured against Westfield's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Westfield close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Westfield’s snow record

35.7inches of snow a winter

4.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Westfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 60% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

2.8Nov

8.6Dec

8.8Jan

8.6Feb

5.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on January 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 52.6 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 7.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.7 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 Westfield

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Wautoma Area School DistrictWautoma	43.5 in	1.8
Adams-Friendship Area School DistrictFriendship	40.9 in	1.6
Portage Community School DistrictPortage	36 in	1.4
Wisconsin Dells School DistrictWisconsin Dells	38.6 in	2
Berlin Area School DistrictBerlin	45.9 in	1.9
Mauston School DistrictMauston	38 in	1.8

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Westfield Area High

Middle

Westfield Area Middle

Elementary

Westfield Elementary
Oxford Elementary, Oxford
Coloma Elementary, Coloma

Questions

Westfield snow day questions

How much snow does Westfield get?

What was the biggest snow day near Westfield?

Does Westfield get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Westfield 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.