Nebraska snow day predictor

Nothing in the Nebraska forecast this week that closes schools. Updated hourly from the National Weather Service.

Very likelyLikelyPossibleUnlikelyNo chance10 towns scored · peak odds over the next 7 days

Nebraska towns, ranked

Omahaaverages 27" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Lincolnaverages 26" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Bellevueaverages 25" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Grand Islandaverages 28" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Kearneyaverages 22" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Fremontaverages 32" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Norfolkaverages 26" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Papillionaverages 36" a year · regular snow0%no chance
Hastingsaverages 29" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Columbusaverages 26" 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 Columbus’s 26, 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.