Gladstone, Michigan, 1,478 students in 4 schools

Gladstone Area Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Gladstone get?

About 59.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Gladstone?

11.1 inches on February 13, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 84.9 inches.

Q: Does Gladstone get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

Gladstone averages 3.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 86 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Gladstone snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Gladstone 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 Gladstone’s own big snow morning: 4.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Gladstone, measured against Gladstone's own big snow morning of 4.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Gladstone close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Gladstone’s snow record

59.9inches of snow a winter

6.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.2with 4 in or more

4.8 ina big snow morning in Gladstone: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 86% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

3.5Nov

15.5Dec

13.2Jan

15.1Feb

7.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.1 in on February 13, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 84.9 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 11.1 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 Gladstone

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Escanaba Area Public SchoolsEscanaba	51.6 in	2.9
Breitung Township SchoolsKingsford	61.7 in	2.6
Marquette Area Public SchoolsMarquette	84.3 in	3
Negaunee Public SchoolsNegaunee	193.2 in	7.6
N.I.C.E. Community SchoolsIshpeming	150.8 in	6.2
Menominee Area Public SchoolsMenominee	50.4 in	2.3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Gladstone Area High School

Middle

Gladstone Area Middle School

Elementary

James T Jones Elementary School
Cameron Elementary School

Questions

Gladstone snow day questions

How much snow does Gladstone get?

What was the biggest snow day near Gladstone?

Does Gladstone get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Gladstone snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

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.