Kingsley, Michigan, 1,440 students in 3 schools

Kingsley Area Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Kingsley get?

About 84.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8.6 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 Kingsley?

9.1 inches on November 8, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 120.2 inches.

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

Kingsley 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 Kingsley snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kingsley 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 Kingsley’s own big snow morning: 3.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Kingsley, measured against Kingsley's own big snow morning of 3.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Kingsley close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Kingsley’s snow record

84.3inches of snow a winter

8.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.2with 4 in or more

3.6 ina big snow morning in Kingsley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

6.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

10.2Nov

20.6Dec

22.2Jan

15.9Feb

10.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.1 in on November 8, 2019
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 120.2 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 18 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.6 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 Kingsley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Traverse City Area Public SchoolsTraverse City	111.1 in	3.6	5
Kalkaska Public SchoolsKalkaska	129.2 in	5.5
Elk Rapids SchoolsElk Rapids	111.1 in	3.6
Lake City Area School DistrictLake City	61.3 in	1.4
Cadillac Area Public SchoolsCadillac	70 in	2.7
Benzie County Central SchoolBenzonia	99.4 in	3.4

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Kingsley Area High School

Middle

Kingsley Area Middle School

Elementary

Kingsley Area Elementary School

Questions

Kingsley snow day questions

How much snow does Kingsley get?

What was the biggest snow day near Kingsley?

Does Kingsley get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Kingsley snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

More winter

More for Michigan snow days

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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.