Dearborn City School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Dearborn, measured against Dearborn's own big snow morning of 3 inches.
Will Dearborn close tomorrow?
How Dearborn calls a snow day
When the call comes
Every effort to decide the night before; sometimes in the early morning hours.
“Therefore, we make every effort to make a decision the night before. However, there may be times when changing conditions or unpredicted weather will make it necessary for us to make a decision in the early morning hours.”Source
How families hear
By phone call, email, text message, the district website, social media, local TV and radio.
“Send an automated call, email, and/or text to parents and staff.”Snow days – how they are decided in the district | The First Bell
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 24, 2026
- Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
- February break Feb 15
- Last day June 10, 2027
The board policy
“The superintendent makes the final decision to close school based on the factors below.”Board policy
Read from Dearborn’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is dearbornschools.org.
Dearborn’s snow record
- Biggest day 6.7 in on November 12, 2019
- Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 43 in
- 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
- 1 in mornings 5.3 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.5 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.
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
Districts near Dearborn
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Dearborn Heights School District 7Dearborn Heights | 23.8 in | 0.7 |
| Melvindale-North Allen Park School DistrictMelvindale | 23.8 in | 0.7 |
| Lincoln Park Public SchoolsLincoln Park | 40.3 in | 1.4 |
| Westwood Community SchoolsDearborn Heights | 23.8 in | 0.7 |
| Allen Park Public SchoolsAllen Park | 40.3 in | 1.4 |
| Ecorse Public School DistrictEcorse | 40.3 in | 1.4 |
37 schools
Every school in Dearborn follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Fordson High School
- Dearborn High School
- Edsel Ford High School
- Henry Ford Early CollegeAdvanced Manufacturing
- Henry Ford Early College
- Dearborn Magnet High School, Dearborn Heights
- Dearborn Newcomer College Prep Academy
Middle
- Bryant Middle School
- Woodworth Middle School
- Stout Middle School
- Unis Middle School
- Smith Middle School
- Salina Intermediate 4 8
- Lowrey Middle School
- Dearborn STEM Middle School, Dearborn Heights
Elementary
- Henry Ford Elementary School
- Miller Elementary School
- William Ford Elementary School
- Maples Elementary School
- Haigh Elementary School
- Lowrey Elementary School
- Snow Elementary School
- Howard Elementary School
- McCollough Elementary School
- Salina Elementary P 3
- River Oaks Elementary School, Dearborn Heights
- Geer Park Elementary School
- Charles A Lindbergh Elementary School
- McDonald Elementary School
- WhitmoreBolles Elementary School
- Oakman Elementary School
- Long Elementary School
- Nowlin Elementary School
- Iris Becker Elementary School
- Duvall Elementary School
Other schools
- Dearborn Public Schools Virtual K12
- Howe Trainable Center and Montessori, Dearborn Hts
Dearborn snow day questions
More for Michigan snow days

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.