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Montrose, Colorado, 6,029 students in 15 schools

Montrose County School District RE-1J Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Montrose RE-1J, measured against Montrose RE-1J's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Montrose RE-1J close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Montrose.
Ten winters of school mornings

Montrose RE-1J’s snow record

23.1inches of snow a winter
1.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.7with 4 in or more
3 ina big snow morning in Montrose RE-1J: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
2.2Nov
4.4Dec
5.3Jan
5.3Feb
2.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 12 in on March 3, 2024
  • Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 35 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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.

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The Colorado rule

How Colorado counts a lost day

Colorado requires at least 160 days, with 1,080 scheduled hours in secondary school and 990 in elementary. The scheduled hours can drop to 1,056 (secondary), 968 (elementary), 870 (full-day kindergarten) or 435 (half-day kindergarten) to cover conferences, staff training and closings the board judges necessary for student health, safety or welfare.

The Colorado rules in the agency’s own words, and every Colorado district

Next door

Districts near Montrose RE-1J

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Delta County School District 50JDelta8.1 in0.1
Mesa County Valley School District 51Grand Junction7.8 in0
Roaring Fork School District RE-1Carbondale45.2 in1
Garfield School District RE-2Rifle24.6 in0.4
Durango School District 9-RDurango54 in2.9
Eagle County School District RE 50Eagle90.9 in2.9
The schools

15 schools

Every school in Montrose RE-1J follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Montrose High School
  • Olathe Middle/High School, Olathe
  • Vista Charter School
  • Black Canyon High School

Middle

  • Centennial Middle School
  • Columbine Middle School

Elementary

  • Johnson Elementary School
  • Olathe Elementary School, Olathe
  • Cottonwood Elementary School
  • Oak Grove Elementary School
  • Northside Elementary School
  • Pomona Elementary School

Other schools

  • Peak Virtual Academy
  • Early Childhood Center
  • Outer Range
Questions

Montrose RE-1J snow day questions

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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.