Belvidere, Illinois, 7,472 students in 11 schools

Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Belvidere get?

About 28.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Belvidere?

9 inches on November 26, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 41.2 inches.

Q: Does Belvidere get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

Belvidere averages 0.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 52 percent of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Belvidere snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Belvidere 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 Belvidere’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Belvidere close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Belvidere’s snow record

28.3inches of snow a winter

2.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

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

More 4 inch school mornings than 52% of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

3.3Nov

4.8Dec

9.3Jan

4.7Feb

4.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on November 26, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 41.2 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 4.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1 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.

The Illinois rule

How Illinois counts a lost day

Illinois requires a calendar of at least 185 days to guarantee 176 days of actual student attendance, each of at least 5 clock hours. The extra calendar days are emergency days used first; after they are gone, the State Superintendent may excuse days lost to an act of God or a hazard beyond the district's control without cutting state aid.

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

Next door

Districts near Belvidere

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Rockford School District 205Rockford	31.8 in	0.7	5
Harlem Unit School District 122Machesney Park	38.1 in	1.6
Sycamore Community Unit School District 427Sycamore	26 in	0.1
Central Community Unit School District 301Burlington	34.7 in	1.4
Woodstock Community Unit School District 200Woodstock	38.2 in	1.3
DeKalb Community Unit School District 428Dekalb	25 in	0.5

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Belvidere North High Sch
Belvidere High School
Everest High School

Middle

Belvidere Central Middle School
Belvidere South Middle School

Elementary

Washington Academy
Meehan Elementary School
Seth Whitman Elem Sch
Lincoln Elem School
Caledonia Elem School, Caledonia
Perry Elem School

Questions

Belvidere snow day questions

How much snow does Belvidere get?

What was the biggest snow day near Belvidere?

Does Belvidere get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

How does the Belvidere snow day predictor work?

How does Illinois handle snow days?

More winter

More for Illinois 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.Illinois winter forecastThe season ahead for Illinois: 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.