Allendale, Michigan, 2,600 students in 6 schools

Allendale Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Allendale get?

About 78.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Allendale?

11.5 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 100.6 inches.

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

Allendale averages 3.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 84 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Allendale snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Allendale 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 Allendale’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.8 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Allendale close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Allendale’s snow record

78.5inches of snow a winter

9.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.1with 4 in or more

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

More 4 inch school mornings than 84% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

8.9Nov

18.3Dec

28.9Jan

15.3Feb

4.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on November 30, 2025
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 100.6 in
6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
1 in mornings 15.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.8 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 Allendale

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Jenison Public SchoolsJenison	58.9 in	2.1
Coopersville Public School DistrictCoopersville	46.5 in	1.4
Hudsonville Public School DistrictHudsonville	58.9 in	2.1	1
Zeeland Public SchoolsZeeland	78.5 in	3.1
Grandville Public SchoolsGrandville	58.9 in	2.1
West Ottawa Public School DistrictHolland	78.5 in	3.1

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Allendale High School
New Options High School

Middle

Allendale Middle School

Elementary

Evergreen Elementary
Oakwood Intermediate

Other schools

Allendale Early Childhood Center

Questions

Allendale snow day questions

How much snow does Allendale get?

What was the biggest snow day near Allendale?

Does Allendale get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Allendale 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.