Maple Park, Illinois, 3,939 students in 7 schools

Kaneland Community Unit School District 302 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Maple Park get?

About 32.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8 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 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Kaneland?

6.3 inches on February 3, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 43.4 inches.

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

Kaneland averages 1.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Kaneland snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Maple Park 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 Kaneland’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Kaneland, measured against Kaneland's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Kaneland close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Kaneland’s snow record

32.4inches of snow a winter

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

1.1with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Kaneland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

1.8Nov

2.9Dec

12.1Jan

11Feb

2.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6.3 in on February 3, 2022
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 43.4 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 6.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8 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 Kaneland

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Sycamore Community Unit School District 427Sycamore	26 in	0.1
St. Charles Community Unit School District 303Saint Charles	35.4 in	1.1
Batavia Unit School District 101Batavia	30.7 in	0.5
Geneva Community Unit School District 304Geneva	25.9 in	0.1
Central Community Unit School District 301Burlington	34.7 in	1.4
DeKalb Community Unit School District 428Dekalb	25 in	0.5

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Kaneland Senior High School

Middle

Kaneland Harter Middle School, Sugar Grove
Kaneland IgKnight Academy

Elementary

Kaneland John Stewart Elem Sch, Elburn
Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elem, Elburn
Kaneland McDole Elem School, Montgomery
Kaneland John Shields Elem Sch, Sugar Grove

Questions

Kaneland snow day questions

How much snow does Maple Park get?

What was the biggest snow day near Kaneland?

Does Kaneland get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

How does the Kaneland 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.