Frankenmuth, Michigan, 1,374 students in 3 schools

Frankenmuth School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Frankenmuth get?

About 34.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Frankenmuth?

10.2 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 56 inches.

Q: How does the Frankenmuth snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Frankenmuth 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 Frankenmuth’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Frankenmuth close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Frankenmuth’s snow record

34.3inches of snow a winter

3.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

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

7.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

3.6Nov

6.6Dec

9.5Jan

11.1Feb

2.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.2 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 56 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 8.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.8 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 Frankenmuth

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School DistrictBridgeport	30.2 in	1.1
Birch Run Area School DistrictBirch Run	34.3 in	1.3
Clio Area School DistrictClio	50.5 in	1.1
Millington Community SchoolsMillington	47.4 in	1.5
Saginaw City School DistrictSaginaw	30.2 in	1.1
Montrose Community SchoolsMontrose	24.3 in	0.8

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Frankenmuth High School

Middle

EF Rittmueller Middle School

Elementary

Lorenz C List School

Questions

Frankenmuth snow day questions

How much snow does Frankenmuth get?

What was the biggest snow day near Frankenmuth?

How does the Frankenmuth snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Frankenmuth 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.