Woodstock, Illinois, 6,123 students in 12 schools

Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Woodstock get?

About 38.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Woodstock?

13.1 inches on November 26, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 66.1 inches.

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

Woodstock averages 1.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 96 percent of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Woodstock snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Woodstock 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 Woodstock’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Woodstock close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Woodstock’s snow record

38.2inches of snow a winter

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

1.3with 4 in or more

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

More 4 inch school mornings than 96% of the 788 Illinois districts with a station record.

5.4Nov

6.4Dec

11.8Jan

7.2Feb

4.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13.1 in on November 26, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 66.1 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 6.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.4 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 Woodstock

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15Mchenry	24.3 in	1
Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47Crystal Lake	29.1 in	0.4
Community High School District 155Crystal Lake	26.7 in	0.6
Huntley Consolidated School District 158Algonquin	26.7 in	0.6
Community Unit School District 300Algonquin	26.7 in	0.6	5
Wauconda Community Unit School District 118Wauconda	35.5 in	1

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Woodstock High School
Woodstock North High School

Middle

Creekside Middle School
Northwood Middle School

Elementary

Olson Elementary School
Mary Endres Elementary School
Prairiewood Elem Sch
Westwood Elem School
Dean Street Elem School
Greenwood Elem School

Other schools

Verda Dierzen Early Learning Ctr
Clay Academy

Questions

Woodstock snow day questions

How much snow does Woodstock get?

What was the biggest snow day near Woodstock?

Does Woodstock get more snow days than other Illinois districts?

How does the Woodstock 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.