Kalamazoo Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Kalamazoo announces closings as early as possible, the evening before when possible; road checks start at approximately 2:30 a.m, by its own published protocol.

By phone call, email, the district website, social media, the district app, local TV and radio, and on the district’s own closings page.

June 11, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

About 68.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.4 with 4 inches or more.

12.5 inches on November 19, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 89.4 inches.

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.9 miles away.

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.