Minooka, Illinois, 4,457 students in 7 schools

Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Minooka get?

About 25.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.4 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 Minooka 201?

8.6 inches on February 2, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 36.8 inches.

Q: Does Minooka 201 get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

Minooka 201 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 Minooka 201 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Minooka 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 Minooka 201’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Minooka 201, measured against Minooka 201's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Minooka 201 close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Minooka 201’s snow record

25.2inches of snow a winter

2.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Minooka 201: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

2.2Nov

3.7Dec

8.3Jan

7.8Feb

2.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.6 in on February 2, 2022
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 36.8 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 5.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a 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 Minooka 201

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30CPlainfield	29 in	0.6
Joliet Township High School District 204Joliet	19.4 in	0.6
Joliet Public School District 86Joliet	19.4 in	0.6
Plainfield School District 202Plainfield	29 in	0.6	5
Lockport Township High School District 205Lockport	29.2 in	0.8
Valley View Community Unit School District 365URomeoville	29.2 in	0.8	5

The schools

7 schools

Every school in Minooka 201 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

Middle

Minooka Jr High School
Minooka Intermediate School

Elementary

Aux Sable
Jones Elementary School, Joliet
Walnut Trails Elem School, Shorewood
Minooka Elem School

Other schools

Minooka Primary Center

Questions

Minooka 201 snow day questions

How much snow does Minooka get?

What was the biggest snow day near Minooka 201?

Does Minooka 201 get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

How does the Minooka 201 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.