Stanton, Michigan, 1,323 students in 3 schools

Central Montcalm Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Stanton get?

About 46.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.7 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.6 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 Central Montcalm?

7.5 inches on December 11, 2016, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.7 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 66.1 inches.

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

Central Montcalm 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 Central Montcalm snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Stanton 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 Central Montcalm’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Central Montcalm, measured against Central Montcalm's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Central Montcalm close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Central Montcalm’s snow record

46.8inches of snow a winter

4.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.8with 4 in or more

3.1 ina big snow morning in Central Montcalm: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

6.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

4.6Nov

12.1Dec

11.3Jan

12.2Feb

4.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.5 in on December 11, 2016
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 66.1 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 8.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.7 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 Central Montcalm

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Greenville Public SchoolsGreenville	46.8 in	1.8
Belding Area School DistrictBelding	46.8 in	1.8
Lakeview Community SchoolsLakeview	46.8 in	1.8
Ionia Public SchoolsIonia	59.3 in	1.3
Tri County Area SchoolsSand Lake	46.8 in	1.8
Alma Public SchoolsAlma	38.4 in	1.4

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Central Montcalm Middle High School

Elementary

Central Montcalm Elementary School, Sheridan
Central Montcalm Upper Elem School

Questions

Central Montcalm snow day questions

How much snow does Stanton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Central Montcalm?

Does Central Montcalm get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Central Montcalm 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.