Bloomingdale, Michigan, 1,033 students in 3 schools

Bloomingdale Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Bloomingdale get?

About 55.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.4 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Bloomingdale?

8 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.4 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 76.5 inches.

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

Bloomingdale averages 1.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 58 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Bloomingdale snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bloomingdale 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 Bloomingdale’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Bloomingdale, measured against Bloomingdale's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Bloomingdale close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Bloomingdale’s snow record

55.8inches of snow a winter

7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.8with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Bloomingdale: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 58% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

8.1Nov

14.2Dec

17.7Jan

11.4Feb

3.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on November 30, 2025
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 76.5 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 12.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.4 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 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 Bloomingdale

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Allegan Public SchoolsAllegan	68.4 in	2.4
Paw Paw Public School DistrictPaw Paw	61.4 in	2
Otsego Public SchoolsOtsego	68.4 in	2.4
Mattawan Consolidated SchoolMattawan	61.4 in	2
Plainwell Community SchoolsPlainwell	68.4 in	2.4
Lawton Community School DistrictLawton	61.4 in	2

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Bloomingdale Middle and High School

Elementary

Bloomingdale Elementary School
Pullman Elementary School, Pullman

Questions

Bloomingdale snow day questions

How much snow does Bloomingdale get?

What was the biggest snow day near Bloomingdale?

Does Bloomingdale get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Bloomingdale 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.