Utah Snow Day Predictor: Odds by School District

Q: Which Utah school districts does the predictor cover?

All 41 in the state, by ZIP, with a page of their own for 26, including Alpine, Davis and Granite. Every page carries the district’s own snow record and the odds for its next three school mornings.

Q: How many snow days do Utah schools get?

A typical Utah district sees about 5 weekday mornings a winter with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more, counted on weekdays from December 1 through March 31 at each district’s nearest NOAA weather station over ten winters. The snowiest districts in the table see several times that.

Q: How far ahead does the Utah snow day predictor look?

Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and the district’s winter break are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.

Q: How does the Utah snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for your ZIP through the night and the bus hours, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against what counts as a big morning for your district. The state rules come from the Utah State Board of Education and the state code.

Your district, your mornings

Snow day odds for your Utah ZIP

The next school morning

Tomorrow in Utah

The state’s biggest districts, each read against its own forecast and its own big snow morning.

AlpineAmerican Fork
Reading the forecast
DavisFarmington
Reading the forecast
GraniteSalt Lake City
Reading the forecast
JordanWest Jordan
Reading the forecast
NeboSpanish Fork
Reading the forecast
Washington School DistrictSt. George
Reading the forecast

41

Utah school districts

26 with a page of their own

46.7

Inches of snow a winter, typical district

the median across the state

5

School mornings a winter with 2 in or more

in a typical district

1.8

With 4 in or more

the mornings that close schools

The Utah rules

How Utah counts a snow day

The school year

Utah requires at least 180 school days of educational services.

“an LEA shall provide educational services over a minimum of 180 school days each school year.”

Utah Admin. Code R277-419-4(1)(a)

Forgiven days

No fixed count; a district that closes for snow and would fall short of 180 days can ask the State Superintendent for a waiver, granted without Board approval if it built contingency days into its calendar.

“The Superintendent may grant a waiver due to excessive snow, inclement weather, or other emergency without Board approval if the LEA has provided contingency school days and hours into the LEA's calendar”

Utah Admin. Code R277-121-5

Making up a lost day

Districts must build contingency days into the yearly calendar so that weather closures do not need a waiver except in the most extreme cases.

“An LEA's governing board shall provide adequate contingency school days in the LEA's yearly calendar to avoid the necessity of requesting a waiver except in the most extreme circumstances.”

Source

From the Utah State Board of Education and the state code, read October 8, 2026.

The snowiest school mornings in Utah

Where Utah’s 4 inch mornings pile up

Ranked by weekday mornings from December through March with 4 inches or more of new snow at the 7 am reading, averaged over ten winters at each district’s nearest NOAA weather station.

#	District	4 in mornings a winter	Snow a winter
1	Park City School DistrictPark City	7.9	134.5 in
2	Salt Lake City School DistrictSalt Lake City	5	90.4 in
3	Box Elder School DistrictBrigham City	4	70.6 in
4	Weber School DistrictOgden	3.7	63.2 in
5	Ogden School DistrictOgden	3.5	63.7 in
6	Morgan School DistrictMorgan	3.3	65.1 in
7	Nebo School DistrictSpanish Fork	3.2	52.6 in
8	Wasatch School DistrictHeber City	3.1	64.2 in
9	Cache School DistrictLogan	2.9	62.8 in
10	Tooele School DistrictTooele	2.9	59.5 in

Every district in Utah

All 41 Utah school districts

Snow a winter and 4 inch mornings come from each district’s nearest NOAA weather station over ten winters. Built in days are the district’s own, read from its calendar. Every linked district has a page with its live odds, its snow record and its schools.

Sort41 districts

District	Students	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Alpine School DistrictAmerican Fork	87,051	18.7 in	0.3
Davis School DistrictFarmington	72,499	35.3 in	0.7
Granite School DistrictSalt Lake City	60,270	51.4 in	2.4
Jordan School DistrictWest Jordan	59,145	42.4 in	2	1
Nebo School DistrictSpanish Fork	44,446	52.6 in	3.2
Washington School DistrictSt. George	37,575	1.1 in	0
Canyons School DistrictSandy	33,196	55.2 in	2.8
Weber School DistrictOgden	32,443	63.2 in	3.7
Cache School DistrictLogan	20,265	62.8 in	2.9
Salt Lake City School DistrictSalt Lake City	19,477	90.4 in	5	1
Tooele School DistrictTooele	16,087	59.5 in	2.9
Iron School DistrictCedar City	14,790	47.1 in	1.8
Provo School DistrictProvo	13,887	29.1 in	0.8
Box Elder School DistrictBrigham City	12,578	70.6 in	4
Ogden School DistrictOgden	10,411	63.7 in	3.5
Wasatch School DistrictHeber City	8,970	64.2 in	3.1
Uintah School DistrictNaples	6,942	25.5 in	0.9
Murray School DistrictMurray	5,733	51.4 in	2.4
Logan School DistrictLogan	5,394	48.9 in	1.7
Duchesne School DistrictRoosevelt	5,328	15.7 in	0.4
Sevier School DistrictRichfield	4,744	11.9 in	0.6
Park City School DistrictPark City	4,392	134.5 in	7.9
Carbon School DistrictPrice	3,320	15.8 in	0.7
South Sanpete School DistrictManti	3,295	47.4 in	2.6
Millard School DistrictDelta	3,255	12.4 in	0.6
Morgan School DistrictMorgan	3,235	65.1 in	3.3
San Juan School DistrictBlanding	2,950	27.6 in	1.6
Juab School DistrictNephi	2,726	40.1 in	1.6
North Sanpete School DistrictMt. Pleasant	2,673	26.6 in	1.3
Emery School DistrictHuntington	2,182	20.5 in	1.8
South Summit School DistrictKamas	1,685	89 in	3.3
Garfield School DistrictPanguitch	1,560	29.4 in	0.9
Kane School DistrictKanab	1,510	14.7 in	0.8
Beaver School DistrictBeaver	1,509	37.6 in	0.8
Grand School DistrictMoab	1,451	8.8 in	0.6
North Summit School DistrictCoalville	1,067	60.3 in	2.8
Rich School DistrictRandolph	531	60.6 in	2.6
Wayne School DistrictBicknell	427	16.5 in	0.1
Piute School DistrictJunction	294	16.2 in	0.1
Tintic School DistrictEureka	275	53.4 in	2.6
Daggett School DistrictManila	217	46.7 in	1.9

Questions

Utah snow day questions

How many school days does Utah require?

Does Utah forgive snow days?

How are snow days made up in Utah?

Which Utah school districts does the predictor cover?

How many snow days do Utah schools get?

How far ahead does the Utah snow day predictor look?

How does the Utah snow day predictor work?

Other states

Snow day odds in other states

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.Utah winter forecastThe season ahead for Utah: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

Children in bright snowsuits pulling sleds up a snowy park hill under tall snow covered pines while snow falls — The sledding hill on a snow day. Every closing call ends up here. Photo, Oak Hill, Virginia, March 2018: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.