Elmhurst, Illinois, 8,330 students in 13 schools

Elmhurst School District 205 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Elmhurst get?

About 32.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.7 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 Elmhurst?

8.4 inches on November 29, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 49.5 inches.

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

Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst’s own big snow morning: 2.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Elmhurst, measured against Elmhurst's own big snow morning of 2.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Elmhurst close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Elmhurst’s snow record

32.2inches of snow a winter

2.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

2.6 ina big snow morning in Elmhurst: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

3.3Nov

4.7Dec

10.9Jan

8.3Feb

2.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.4 in on November 29, 2025
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 49.5 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.4 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 Elmhurst

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
SD 45 DuPage CountyVilla Park	32.2 in	0.6
DuPage High School District 88Addison	32.2 in	0.6
Addison School District 4Addison	32.2 in	0.6
Lombard School District 44Lombard	32.3 in	0.9
Leyden Community High School District 212Franklin Park	32.2 in	0.6
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89Melrose Park	34.4 in	1

The schools

13 schools

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

High

York Comm High School

Middle

Bryan Middle School
Sandburg Middle School
Churchville Middle School

Elementary

Hawthorne Elem School
Lincoln Elem School
Emerson Elem School
Field Elem School
Jackson Elem School
Conrad Fischer Elem School
Jefferson Elem School
Edison Elem School

Other schools

Early Childhood

Questions

Elmhurst snow day questions

How much snow does Elmhurst get?

What was the biggest snow day near Elmhurst?

Does Elmhurst get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

How does the Elmhurst snow day predictor work?

How does Illinois handle snow days?

More winter

More for Illinois 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.