Wittenberg, Wisconsin, 1,166 students in 3 schools

Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Wittenberg get?

About 49 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 13.8 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Wittenberg-Birnamwood?

15.6 inches on March 17, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 13.8 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 71.9 inches.

Q: Does Wittenberg-Birnamwood get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

Wittenberg-Birnamwood averages 3.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 88 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Wittenberg-Birnamwood snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Wittenberg 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 Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s own big snow morning: 5.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 13.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Wittenberg-Birnamwood, measured against Wittenberg-Birnamwood's own big snow morning of 5.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Wittenberg-Birnamwood close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s snow record

49inches of snow a winter

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

3.1with 4 in or more

5.6 ina big snow morning in Wittenberg-Birnamwood: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

16.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3.2Nov

10.2Dec

8.6Jan

11Feb

12.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15.6 in on March 17, 2026
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 71.9 in
6 in mornings 1.7 a winter
1 in mornings 11.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 13.8 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 Wittenberg-Birnamwood

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
D.C. Everest Area School DistrictWeston	67.4 in	2.2	4
Antigo School DistrictAntigo	57.6 in	3.1
Wausau School DistrictWausau	67.3 in	2.2
Clintonville School DistrictClintonville	46.2 in	1.9
Tomorrow River School DistrictAmherst	61.6 in	2.8
Mosinee School DistrictMosinee	54.4 in	2

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Wittenberg-Birnamwood High

Elementary

Wittenberg Elementary
Birnamwood Elementary, Birnamwood

Questions

Wittenberg-Birnamwood snow day questions

How much snow does Wittenberg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Wittenberg-Birnamwood?

Does Wittenberg-Birnamwood get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Wittenberg-Birnamwood snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

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.