Snow Day Risk

Omaha, NE snow day calculator

Your school

Next school day

Snow day–%

Late start–%

Enter a ZIP code above

Will there be a snow day?

  • An estimate from the public forecast. Your school district makes the call.

Why the sign says so

  • Snow

    How many inches are forecast, against what your area usually handles.

  • Timing

    Whether it falls overnight or stops early enough for plows to finish.

  • Ice

    Freezing rain, which closes schools at far smaller amounts than snow.

  • Cold

    The wind chill while children wait for the bus.

  • Wind

    Gusts strong enough to drift snow back over cleared roads.

  • Alerts

    Winter warnings and advisories from the National Weather Service.

Set from your state when you check a ZIP code. Change it if you know your district better.

Worked out in your browser from the National Weather Service forecast. No account, no cookies.

The chance school is closed or delayed in Omaha, NE, on the next school morning.

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Will there be a snow day tomorrow in Omaha?

The sign above answers for Omaha from the current forecast: the chance of a closure, the chance of a late start, and the snow hour by hour through the night. It is for the center of town. Schools at the edge of a district, or at a different elevation, can see different weather, so enter your own ZIP code if you live further out.

How much snow closes school in Omaha

The calculator starts Omaha at the Nebraska setting, "used to snow": about 6 in of snow overnight, or a morning wind chill near -25°F, makes closing a coin flip. That is a starting point for the whole state, and it is our judgement, not a record of what Omaha's schools have done. Change the setting under the sign if you know the district closes more or less readily.

Snow falling midnight to 8 a.m., nothing else in the forecast, at this setting
SnowClosedLate start instead
2 in6%9%
4 in21%42%
6 in50%44%
10 in94%5%

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