Woodland, Michigan, 1,622 students in 4 schools

Lakewood Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Woodland get?

About 57.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Lakewood?

11.1 inches on March 10, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 80.9 inches.

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

Lakewood averages 1.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 56 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Lakewood snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Woodland 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 Lakewood’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Lakewood, measured against Lakewood's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Lakewood close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Lakewood’s snow record

57.3inches of snow a winter

6.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.7with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Lakewood: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 56% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

7.8Nov

12.2Dec

16.8Jan

12.8Feb

5.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.1 in on March 10, 2023
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 80.9 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 13.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.6 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 Lakewood

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hastings Area School DistrictHastings	57.3 in	1.7
Portland Public School DistrictPortland	59.3 in	1.3
Ionia Public SchoolsIonia	59.3 in	1.3
Lowell Area SchoolsLowell	59.3 in	1.3
Thornapple Kellogg School DistrictMiddleville	57.3 in	1.7
Charlotte Public SchoolsCharlotte	33.8 in	0.4

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Lakewood High School, Lake Odessa

Middle

Lakewood Middle School

Elementary

Lakewood Elementary School, Lake Odessa

Other schools

Lakewood Early Childhood Center

Questions

Lakewood snow day questions

How much snow does Woodland get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lakewood?

Does Lakewood get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Lakewood 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.