Dundee, Michigan, 1,758 students in 4 schools

Dundee Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Dundee get?

About 23.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Dundee?

7 inches on December 12, 2016, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 38.1 inches.

Q: How does the Dundee snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Dundee 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 Dundee’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

Q: How far ahead does the Dundee 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 Dundee, measured against Dundee's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Dundee close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Dundee’s snow record

23.5inches of snow a winter

2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Dundee: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

3.2Nov

4Dec

7.9Jan

5.6Feb

1.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7 in on December 12, 2016
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 38.1 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 5.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Dundee

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Ida Public School DistrictIda	23.5 in	0.8
Milan Area SchoolsMilan	28.7 in	1
Mason Consolidated SchoolsErie	23.5 in	0.8
Lincoln Consolidated School DistrictYpsilanti	50.7 in	1.4
Monroe Public SchoolsMonroe	23.5 in	0.8
Blissfield Community SchoolsBlissfield	22.2 in	0.7

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Dundee Community High School
Riverside Academy

Middle

Dundee Middle School

Elementary

Dundee Elementary School

Questions

Dundee snow day questions

How much snow does Dundee get?

What was the biggest snow day near Dundee?

How does the Dundee snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Dundee snow day predictor look?

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.