Pekin, Illinois, 3,177 students in 11 schools

Pekin Public School District108 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Pekin get?

About 25.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.3 miles 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 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Pekin District108?

10.7 inches on January 12, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 36.4 inches.

Q: Does Pekin District108 get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

Pekin District108 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 Pekin District108 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Pekin 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 Pekin District108’s own big snow morning: 3.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Pekin District108, measured against Pekin District108's own big snow morning of 3.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Pekin District108 close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Pekin District108’s snow record

25.5inches of snow a winter

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

0.6with 4 in or more

3.2 ina big snow morning in Pekin District108: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

2.4Nov

4Dec

7.8Jan

6.9Feb

2.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.7 in on January 12, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 36.4 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 4.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.3 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 Pekin District108

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Morton Community Unit School District 709Morton	21.7 in	0.5
Peoria School District 150Peoria	18.8 in	0.4
Dunlap Community Unit School District 323Dunlap	18.8 in	0.4
McLean County Unit School District 5Normal	11.6 in	0.3
Bloomington School District 87Bloomington	11.6 in	0.3
Galesburg Community Unit School District 205Galesburg	20.2 in	0.6

The schools

11 schools

Every school in Pekin District108 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

Middle

Wilson Intermediate School
Washington Intermediate School
Broadmoor Junior High School
Edison Junior High School

Elementary

Jefferson Elem School
C B Smith Elem School
Willow Elem School
Scott Altman Primary School
Dirksen Elementary School
L E Starke Elem School

Other schools

Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center

Questions

Pekin District108 snow day questions

How much snow does Pekin get?

What was the biggest snow day near Pekin District108?

Does Pekin District108 get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

How does the Pekin District108 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.