Calumet, Michigan, 1,352 students in 4 schools

Calumet Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Calumet get?

About 183.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.6 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 22.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 9.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Calumet?

17 inches on January 19, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.6 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 234.5 inches.

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

Calumet averages 9.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 98 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Calumet snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Calumet 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 Calumet’s own big snow morning: 7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Calumet, measured against Calumet's own big snow morning of 7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Calumet close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Calumet’s snow record

183.2inches of snow a winter

22.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

9.9with 4 in or more

7 ina big snow morning in Calumet: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 98% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

15Nov

48.9Dec

44.9Jan

37.3Feb

21.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17 in on January 19, 2020
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 234.5 in
6 in mornings 5.3 a winter
1 in mornings 30.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.6 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 Calumet

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Houghton-Portage Township SchoolsHoughton	189.4 in	10.2
N.I.C.E. Community SchoolsIshpeming	150.8 in	6.2
Negaunee Public SchoolsNegaunee	193.2 in	7.6
Marquette Area Public SchoolsMarquette	84.3 in	3
Breitung Township SchoolsKingsford	61.7 in	2.6
Gladstone Area SchoolsGladstone	59.9 in	3.2

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Calumet High School
CHSHorizons School, Mohawk

Middle

Washington Middle School

Elementary

CLK Elementary School

Questions

Calumet snow day questions

How much snow does Calumet get?

What was the biggest snow day near Calumet?

Does Calumet get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Calumet snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

More winter

More for Michigan 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.Michigan winter forecastThe season ahead for Michigan: 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.