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Davenport, Iowa, 13,523 students in 27 schools

Davenport Community School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Davenport, measured against Davenport's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Davenport close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Davenport.
The Davenport playbook

How Davenport calls a snow day

When the call comes

No later than 5:30 a.m.

“Decisions made before the start of the day will be no later than 5:30 a.m.”
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How families hear

By phone call, the district website, social media and local TV.

“Major news outlets share information on emergency delays, early dismissals and cancellations, including KWQC TV-6 , WQAD TV-8 , WHBF TV-4 , and the QC Times .”
Inclement Weather Guidelines and School Closings - Davenport Community School District

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Two-Hour Late Start | No AM Preschool”

1 built in snow day

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Potential Make-Up Day”.

“Apr 19 Spring Break #2 (No School) Potential Make-Up Day”
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Making up a lost day

April 19 is listed as a potential make-up day.

“Apr 19 Spring Break #2 (No School) Potential Make-Up Day”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 24, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 28, 2027
District calendar

Read from Davenport’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is davenportschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Davenport’s snow record

24.8inches of snow a winter
2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1with 4 in or more
3.9 ina big snow morning in Davenport: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
6.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
2.6Nov
4.9Dec
9.5Jan
4Feb
3.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10 in on January 9, 2024
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 46.4 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.5 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.

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The Iowa rule

How Iowa counts a lost day

Iowa requires at least 180 days or 1,080 hours of instruction, as the board chooses. When a board extends the calendar to make up weather closures, it may excuse seniors who have already met graduation requirements.

The Iowa rules in the agency’s own words, and every Iowa district

Next door

Districts near Davenport

The schools

27 schools

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

High

  • West High School
  • Central High School
  • North High School
  • Mid City High

Middle

  • Sudlow Intermediate
  • Wood Intermediate
  • Williams Intermediate
  • Frank L Smart Intermediate
  • Walcott Intermediate, Walcott

Elementary

  • Adams Elementary School
  • Wilson Elementary School
  • Harrison Elementary School
  • Eisenhower Elementary School
  • McKinley Elementary School
  • Truman Elementary School
  • Garfield Elementary School
  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • Hayes Elementary School
  • Fillmore Elementary School
  • Jackson Elementary School
  • Madison Elementary School
  • Blue Grass Elementary School, Blue Grass
  • Buffalo Elementary School, Buffalo
  • Walcott Elementary School, Walcott

Other schools

  • Children's Village West
  • Children's Village At Hoover
  • Children's Village Hayes
Questions

Davenport snow day questions

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