Oak Park and River Forest District 200 Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Oak Park and River Forest, measured against Oak Park and River Forest's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.
Will Oak Park and River Forest close tomorrow?
Oak Park and River Forest’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 87% of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 17.2 in on February 16, 2021
- Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 61.3 in
- 6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
- 1 in mornings 6.4 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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.
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
Districts near Oak Park and River Forest
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Elementary School District 97Oak Park | 34.4 in | 1 |
| Proviso Township High School District 209Forest Park | 27.5 in | 0.5 |
| Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89Melrose Park | 34.4 in | 1 |
| J. Sterling Morton High School District 201Cicero | 34.4 in | 1 |
| Cicero School District 99Cicero | 34.4 in | 1 |
| Berwyn South School District 100Berwyn | 27.5 in | 0.5 |
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Every school in Oak Park and River Forest follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
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The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.