Elk Grove Vlg, Illinois, 5,869 students in 15 schools

Community Consolidated School District 59 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Elk Grove Vlg get?

About 30.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Community Consolidated School District 59?

10 inches on November 26, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 55.1 inches.

Q: Does Community Consolidated School District 59 get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

Community Consolidated School District 59 averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 65 percent of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Community Consolidated School District 59 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Elk Grove Vlg 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 Community Consolidated School District 59’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Community Consolidated School District 59, measured against Community Consolidated School District 59's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Community Consolidated School District 59 close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Elk Grove Vlg.

Ten winters of school mornings

Community Consolidated School District 59’s snow record

30.9inches of snow a winter

2.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

2.8 ina big snow morning in Community Consolidated School District 59: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 65% of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

4.4Nov

4.6Dec

9.6Jan

7.7Feb

2.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on November 26, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 55.1 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 5.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.1 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 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 Community Consolidated School District 59

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54Schaumburg	33.8 in	0.9	2
Township High School District 214Arlington Heights	33.8 in	0.9
Arlington Heights School District 25Arlington Heights	33.8 in	0.9
Addison School District 4Addison	32.2 in	0.6
DuPage High School District 88Addison	32.2 in	0.6
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62Des Plaines	26.1 in	0.6

The schools

15 schools

Every school in Community Consolidated School District 59 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

Middle

Grove Jr High School, Elk Grove Village
Friendship Jr High School, Des Plaines
Holmes Jr High School, Mount Prospect

Elementary

Brentwood Elem School, Des Plaines
Salt Creek Elem School, Elk Grove Village
Clearmont Elem School, Elk Grove Village
John Jay Elem School, Mount Prospect
Robert Frost Elem School, Mount Prospect
Forest View Elem School, Mount Prospect
Adm Richard E Byrd Elem School, Elk Grove Village
Devonshire School, Des Plaines
Juliette Low Elem School, Arlington Heights
Rupley Elem School, Elk Grove Village
Ridge Family Center for Learning, Elk Grove Village

Other schools

The Early Learning Center, Mt Prospect

Questions

Community Consolidated School District 59 snow day questions

How much snow does Elk Grove Vlg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Community Consolidated School District 59?

Does Community Consolidated School District 59 get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

How does the Community Consolidated School District 59 snow day predictor work?

How does Illinois handle snow days?

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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.