Hamilton, Michigan, 2,526 students in 7 schools

Hamilton Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hamilton get?

About 78.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Hamilton?

11.5 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 100.6 inches.

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

Hamilton averages 3.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 84 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Hamilton snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hamilton 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 Hamilton’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Hamilton close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hamilton’s snow record

78.5inches of snow a winter

9.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.1with 4 in or more

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

More 4 inch school mornings than 84% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

8.9Nov

18.3Dec

28.9Jan

15.3Feb

4.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on November 30, 2025
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 100.6 in
6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
1 in mornings 15.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.1 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 Hamilton

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Fennville Public SchoolsFennville	78.5 in	3.1
Holland City School DistrictHolland	78.5 in	3.1
Zeeland Public SchoolsZeeland	78.5 in	3.1
West Ottawa Public School DistrictHolland	78.5 in	3.1
Hopkins Public SchoolsHopkins	68.4 in	2.4
Allegan Public SchoolsAllegan	68.4 in	2.4

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Hamilton High School

Middle

Hamilton Middle School

Elementary

Hamilton Elementary School
Bentheim Elementary School
Blue Star Elementary School, Holland
Sandyview Elementary School, Holland

Other schools

Hamilton Virtual School

Questions

Hamilton snow day questions

How much snow does Hamilton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hamilton?

Does Hamilton get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Hamilton 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.