Nebraska snow day predictor
Nothing in the Nebraska forecast this week that closes schools · Papillion averages 36 in a year, Kearney 22 in
Nebraska towns, ranked
- Papillionaverages 36 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Fremontaverages 32 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Hastingsaverages 29 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Grand Islandaverages 28 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Omahaaverages 27 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Norfolkaverages 26 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Lincolnaverages 26 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Columbusaverages 26 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Bellevueaverages 25 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Kearneyaverages 22 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
How snow days work in Nebraska
There is no single Nebraska snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Papillion averages 36 inches of snow a year against Kearney’s 22, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.