Negaunee, Michigan, 1,530 students in 3 schools

Negaunee Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Negaunee get?

About 193.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 14.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 7.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Negaunee?

21.7 inches on March 16, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 276.6 inches.

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

Negaunee averages 7.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 97 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Negaunee snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Negaunee 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 Negaunee’s own big snow morning: 5.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Negaunee, measured against Negaunee's own big snow morning of 5.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Negaunee close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Negaunee’s snow record

193.2inches of snow a winter

14.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

7.6with 4 in or more

5.9 ina big snow morning in Negaunee: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

16school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 97% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

21.8Nov

37.3Dec

40.4Jan

40.2Feb

27.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 21.7 in on March 16, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 276.6 in
6 in mornings 4.8 a winter
1 in mornings 23 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.6 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 Negaunee

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
N.I.C.E. Community SchoolsIshpeming	150.8 in	6.2
Marquette Area Public SchoolsMarquette	84.3 in	3
Breitung Township SchoolsKingsford	61.7 in	2.6
Gladstone Area SchoolsGladstone	59.9 in	3.2
Escanaba Area Public SchoolsEscanaba	51.6 in	2.9
Houghton-Portage Township SchoolsHoughton	189.4 in	10.2

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Negaunee High School

Middle

Negaunee Middle School

Elementary

Lakeview School

Questions

Negaunee snow day questions

How much snow does Negaunee get?

What was the biggest snow day near Negaunee?

Does Negaunee get more snow days than other Michigan districts?

How does the Negaunee 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.