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Jackson, Michigan, 4,465 students in 13 schools

Jackson Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Jackson, measured against Jackson's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Jackson close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Jackson.
Ten winters of school mornings

Jackson’s snow record

28.3inches of snow a winter
2.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.1with 4 in or more
2.5 ina big snow morning in Jackson: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
4.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
3.8Nov
5Dec
8.4Jan
8.3Feb
2.4Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8.5 in on November 12, 2019
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 45.7 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 5.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 21.3 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 Jackson

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Michigan Center School DistrictMichigan Center28.3 in1.1
Western School DistrictParma33.8 in0.4
Northwest School DistrictJackson33.8 in0.4
Napoleon Community SchoolsNapoleon28.3 in1.1
Hanover-Horton SchoolsHorton31.6 in0.9
Grass Lake Community SchoolsGrass Lake32.1 in1
The schools

13 schools

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

High

  • Jackson High School
  • Jackson Pathways
  • Jackson County Jail

Middle

  • Middle School at Parkside
  • Fourth Street Learning Center

Elementary

  • Northeast Elementary School
  • Cascades Elementary School
  • Hunt Elementary School
  • Sharp Park Academy
  • Dibble Elementary School
  • JPS Montessori Center
  • John R Lewis Elementary

Other schools

  • South Central Michigan Virtual
Questions

Jackson snow day questions

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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.