Pocatello School District 25 Snow Day Predictor

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

June 3, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Pocatello get?

About 38 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Pocatello?

13.5 inches on December 25, 2016, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 73.4 inches.

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

Pocatello averages 1.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 51 percent of the 87 Idaho districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Pocatello snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Pocatello 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 Pocatello’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Pocatello close tomorrow?

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

The Pocatello playbook

How Pocatello calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 26, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day June 3, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2024 to 2025. All schools closed Friday, February 14, 2025 for inclement weather and hazardous roads.
“Due to inclement weather and hazardous road conditions, all schools in Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 will be closed tomorrow, February 14.”
News report

Read from Pocatello’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sd25.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Pocatello’s snow record

38inches of snow a winter

4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.2with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Pocatello: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 51% of the 87 Idaho districts with a station record.

3Nov

8.2Dec

7.5Jan

10.6Feb

5.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13.5 in on December 25, 2016
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 73.4 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 9.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.5 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 Pocatello

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Snake River School District 52Blackfoot	27.5 in	0.4
Blackfoot School District 55Blackfoot	27.5 in	0.4
Idaho Falls School District 91Idaho Falls	47.9 in	0.8
Oneida County School District 351Malad	46.5 in	1.7
Bonneville Joint School District 93Idaho Falls	47.9 in	0.8
Jefferson County Joint School District 251Rigby	50.7 in	1.6

The schools

24 schools

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

High

Highland High School
Pocatello High School
Century High School
New Horizon High School
Porteuf Valley Technical and Career Center

Middle

Franklin Middle School
Irving Middle School
Hawthorne Middle School
Alameda Middle School

Elementary

Tyhee Elementary School
Claude A Wilcox Elementary School
Indian Hills Elementary School
Chubbuck Elementary School, Chubbuck
Gate City Elementary School
Lewis & Clark Elementary School
Rulon M Ellis Elementary School, Chubbuck
Jefferson Elementary School
Syringa Elementary School
Edahow Elementary School
Greenacres Elementary School
Tendoy Elementary School
Washington Elementary School

Other schools

Lincoln Preschool Center
Pocatello Juvenile Detention

Questions

Pocatello snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Pocatello?

How much snow does Pocatello get?

What was the biggest snow day near Pocatello?

Does Pocatello get more snow days than other Idaho districts?

How does the Pocatello 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.