Oneida County School District 351 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Oneida announce a snow day?

By the district app, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: When is the last day of school for Oneida?

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Malad get?

About 46.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 17.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Oneida?

13 inches on January 24, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 17.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 93.9 inches.

Q: Does Oneida get more snow days than other Idaho districts?

Oneida averages 1.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 59 percent of the 87 Idaho districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Oneida snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Malad through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Oneida’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 17.7 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Oneida close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Malad.

The Oneida playbook

How Oneida calls a snow day

How families hear

By the district app.

“We will notify you of Late Start or Snow Days via SwiftReach and the OSD App. Please make sure your information is up to date and that you've opted in for notifications so you receive the updates.”

OSD Bell Schedules

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 19, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Dec 31
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

Read from Oneida’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is oneidaschooldistrict.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Oneida’s snow record

46.5inches of snow a winter

5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.7with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Oneida: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 59% of the 87 Idaho districts with a station record.

3.6Nov

10Dec

12.5Jan

9.1Feb

8.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13 in on January 24, 2017
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 93.9 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 11.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 17.7 miles 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.

The Idaho rule

How Idaho counts a lost day

Idaho requires at least 990 instructional hours for grades 9 to 12, 900 for grades 4 to 8, 810 for grades 1 to 3 and 450 for kindergarten. With local board approval, up to 11 hours of emergency closures for bad weather or facility failures can come off the yearly hours requirement.

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

Next door

Districts near Oneida

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Pocatello School District 25Pocatello	38 in	1.2
Blackfoot School District 55Blackfoot	27.5 in	0.4
Snake River School District 52Blackfoot	27.5 in	0.4
Minidoka County Joint School District 331Rupert	33 in	0.4
Cassia County Joint School District 151Burley	33 in	0.4
Idaho Falls School District 91Idaho Falls	47.9 in	0.8

The schools

5 schools

Every school in Oneida follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Malad Senior High School, Malad City

Middle

Malad Middle School, Malad City

Elementary

Malad Elementary School, Malad City
Stone Elementary School, Stone

Other schools

Idaho Home Learning Academy, Malad City

Questions

Oneida snow day questions

How does Oneida announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Oneida?

How much snow does Malad get?

What was the biggest snow day near Oneida?

Does Oneida get more snow days than other Idaho districts?

How does the Oneida snow day predictor work?

How does Idaho handle snow days?

More winter

More for Idaho snow days

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

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.