Gladwin, Michigan, 1,626 students in 5 schools

Gladwin Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Gladwin get?

About 44.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Gladwin?

10 inches on January 29, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 72.9 inches.

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

Gladwin averages 2.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 70 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Gladwin snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Gladwin 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 Gladwin’s own big snow morning: 4 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 Gladwin, measured against Gladwin's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Gladwin close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Gladwin’s snow record

44.8inches of snow a winter

5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.2with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Gladwin: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

7.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 70% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

4.7Nov

10.3Dec

12.7Jan

11.6Feb

3.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on January 29, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 72.9 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 8.6 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 Gladwin

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Harrison Community SchoolsHarrison	44.8 in	2.2
Clare Public SchoolsClare	44.8 in	2.2
Meridian Public SchoolsSanford	37.7 in	1.3
Farwell Area SchoolsFarwell	44.8 in	2.2
Houghton Lake Community School DistrictHoughton Lake	60.8 in	1.9
Standish-Sterling Community School DistrictStandish	42.9 in	1.6

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Gladwin High School
Gladwin Community Alternative HS

Middle

Gladwin Junior High School

Elementary

Gladwin Elementary School
Gladwin Intermediate School

Questions

Gladwin snow day questions

How much snow does Gladwin get?

What was the biggest snow day near Gladwin?

Does Gladwin get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Gladwin snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

More winter

More for Michigan snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Michigan winter forecastThe season ahead for Michigan: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.