Grayslake, Illinois, 3,667 students in 9 schools

Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Grayslake get?

About 33.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Grayslake 46?

10.3 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 56.9 inches.

Q: Does Grayslake 46 get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

Grayslake 46 averages 0.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 79 percent of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Grayslake 46 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Grayslake 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 Grayslake 46’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Grayslake 46, measured against Grayslake 46's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Grayslake 46 close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Grayslake 46’s snow record

33.4inches of snow a winter

3.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Grayslake 46: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 79% of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

5.4Nov

3.6Dec

10.7Jan

8.5Feb

2.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.3 in on November 30, 2025
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 56.9 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 6.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.6 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 Grayslake 46

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Warren Township High School District 121Gurnee	33.4 in	0.9
Round Lake Community Unit School District 116Round Lake	33.4 in	0.9
Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50Gurnee	33.4 in	0.9
Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73Vernon Hills	36.5 in	1
Wauconda Community Unit School District 118Wauconda	35.5 in	1
North Chicago School District 187North Chicago	36.8 in	1.3

The schools

9 schools

Every school in Grayslake 46 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

Middle

Grayslake Middle School
Frederick School
Park West School, Round Lake

Elementary

Woodview School
Prairieview School, Hainesville
Meadowview School
Avon Center Elem School, Round Lake Beach
Park East School, Round Lake

Other schools

Grayslake Early Childhood, Hainesville

Questions

Grayslake 46 snow day questions

How much snow does Grayslake get?

What was the biggest snow day near Grayslake 46?

Does Grayslake 46 get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

How does the Grayslake 46 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.