Allegan, Michigan, 2,128 students in 8 schools

Allegan Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Allegan get?

About 68.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Allegan?

12.5 inches on November 19, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 89.4 inches.

Q: Does Allegan get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

Allegan averages 2.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 74 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Allegan snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Allegan 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 Allegan’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.1 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Allegan close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Allegan’s snow record

68.4inches of snow a winter

6.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.4with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Allegan: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 74% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

10.4Nov

15.5Dec

21.6Jan

14Feb

5.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.5 in on November 19, 2022
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 89.4 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 12.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.1 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 Michigan rule

How Michigan counts a lost day

Michigan requires at least 180 days and 1,098 hours of pupil instruction. The first 6 days (or the same hours) lost to conditions outside the district's control, such as severe storms, are counted as instruction; up to 3 more can be approved by the State Superintendent.

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

Next door

Districts near Allegan

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hopkins Public SchoolsHopkins	68.4 in	2.4
Otsego Public SchoolsOtsego	68.4 in	2.4
Bloomingdale Public School DistrictBloomingdale	55.8 in	1.8
Plainwell Community SchoolsPlainwell	68.4 in	2.4
Hamilton Community SchoolsHamilton	78.5 in	3.1
Fennville Public SchoolsFennville	78.5 in	3.1

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Allegan High School
Allegan Alternative High School

Middle

LE White Middle School

Elementary

Pine Trails Elementary School
Dawson Elementary School
West Ward Elementary School
Allegan Online K8

Other schools

North Ward Elementary School

Questions

Allegan snow day questions

How much snow does Allegan get?

What was the biggest snow day near Allegan?

Does Allegan get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Allegan snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

More winter

More for Michigan snow days

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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.