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East China, Michigan, 3,541 students in 9 schools

East China School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in East China, measured against East China's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will East China close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in East China.
Ten winters of school mornings

East China’s snow record

21.9inches of snow a winter
3.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1with 4 in or more
4 ina big snow morning in East China: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
1.6Nov
3.5Dec
6.1Jan
8.8Feb
1.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10 in on February 16, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 48.1 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 5.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.9 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.

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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 East China

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Algonac Community School DistrictClay21.9 in1
Marysville Public SchoolsMarysville22 in0.9
Anchor Bay School DistrictCasco30.8 in1.3
Richmond Community SchoolsRichmond40.6 in1.6
New Haven Community SchoolsNew Haven30.8 in1.3
Port Huron Area School DistrictPort Huron28.9 in1
The schools

9 schools

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

High

  • St Clair High School, Saint Clair
  • Marine City High School, Marine City

Middle

  • St Clair Middle School, Saint Clair
  • Marine City Middle School, Marine City

Elementary

  • Belle River Elementary School, Marine City
  • Gearing Elementary School, Saint Clair
  • Pine River Elementary School, China
  • Palms Elementary School, Ira

Other schools

  • East China Virtual Academy
Questions

East China snow day questions

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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.