Coopersville, Michigan, 2,515 students in 6 schools

Coopersville Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Coopersville get?

About 46.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 14.2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Coopersville?

9 inches on January 23, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 14.2 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 73.9 inches.

Q: How does the Coopersville snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Coopersville 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 Coopersville’s own big snow morning: 3.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 14.2 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Coopersville snow day predictor look?

Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and breaks are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Coopersville, measured against Coopersville's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Coopersville close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Coopersville’s snow record

46.5inches of snow a winter

5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

3.3 ina big snow morning in Coopersville: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.2Nov

12.9Dec

17.1Jan

11.2Feb

1.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 23, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 73.9 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 11.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 14.2 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 Coopersville

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Allendale Public School DistrictAllendale	78.5 in	3.1
Ravenna Public SchoolsRavenna	68.3 in	2.6
Kenowa Hills Public SchoolsGrand Rapids	73.6 in	2.6
Jenison Public SchoolsJenison	58.9 in	2.1
Sparta Area SchoolsSparta	73.6 in	2.6
Fruitport Community SchoolsFruitport	68.3 in	2.6

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Coopersville High School
CAPS Academy

Middle

Coopersville Middle School

Elementary

Coopersville South Elementary School
Coopersville East Elementary

Other schools

Coopersville West Early Childhood Center

Questions

Coopersville snow day questions

How much snow does Coopersville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Coopersville?

How does the Coopersville snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Coopersville snow day predictor look?

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.