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Howell, Michigan, 6,722 students in 10 schools

Howell Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Howell, measured against Howell's own big snow morning of 2.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Howell close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Howell.
The Howell playbook

How Howell calls a snow day

When the call comes

No later than 5:30 a.m.

“Howell Public Schools makes a good faith effort to cancel school no later than 5:30 a.m. to provide families as much time as possible to make arrangements for the day.”
Source

How families hear

By phone call, email, text message, the district website, social media, radio and local TV.

“School closings are posted on HowellSchools.com, on the district’s Facebook page and its Twitter account. Additionally, school closings are announced on WHMI 93.5, WJBK Fox 2, WDIV Local 4, WILX Channel 10, and WXYZ Channel 7.”
Winter and Severe Weather Procedures - Howell Public Schools

Making up a lost day

Excess inclement weather days made up after the May 28 last day.

“Excess inclement weather days will be made up after May 28, 2027.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 19, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 12 to Feb 15
  • Last day May 28, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“Additionally, the district will cancel school if the forecasted, sustained wind chill is -20 degrees Fahrenheit or colder during the period of time that students will be waiting for a bus or walking to school.”
Board policy

Read from Howell’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is howellschools.com.

Ten winters of school mornings

Howell’s snow record

34.3inches of snow a winter
2.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.6with 4 in or more
2.3 ina big snow morning in Howell: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
4.1Nov
4.9Dec
10Jan
10.9Feb
3.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 7.5 in on November 12, 2019
  • Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 43.8 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 7.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.3 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 Howell

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Fowlerville Community SchoolsFowlerville41.5 in1.3
Hartland Consolidated SchoolsHartland34.3 in0.6
Brighton Area SchoolsBrighton28.6 in1.1
Pinckney Community SchoolsPinckney28.6 in1.1
Linden Community SchoolsLinden24.2 in0.9
Fenton Area Public SchoolsFenton24.2 in0.9
The schools

10 schools

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

High

  • Howell High School
  • Innovation Academy

Middle

  • Highlander Way Middle School
  • Parker Middle School

Elementary

  • Three Fires Elementary
  • Southwest Elementary School
  • Voyager Elementary School
  • Challenger Elementary School
  • Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary
  • Northwest Elementary School
Questions

Howell snow day questions

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