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Mc Bain, Michigan, 1,076 students in 3 schools

McBain Rural Agricultural Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in McBain Rural Agricultural, measured against McBain Rural Agricultural's own big snow morning of 3.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will McBain Rural Agricultural close tomorrow?

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

McBain Rural Agricultural’s snow record

76.2inches of snow a winter
7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
3.1with 4 in or more
3.8 ina big snow morning in McBain Rural Agricultural: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 84% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

8.3Nov
18.9Dec
18.8Jan
16Feb
9.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8.2 in on February 13, 2019
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 96.2 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 14.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.4 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 McBain Rural Agricultural

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Lake City Area School DistrictLake City61.3 in1.4
Cadillac Area Public SchoolsCadillac70 in2.7
Harrison Community SchoolsHarrison44.8 in2.2
Houghton Lake Community School DistrictHoughton Lake60.8 in1.9
Reed City Area Public SchoolsReed City47.2 in1.8
Farwell Area SchoolsFarwell44.8 in2.2
The schools

3 schools

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

High

  • McBain High School

Middle

  • McBain Middle School

Elementary

  • McBain Elementary School
Questions

McBain Rural Agricultural 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.