Newaygo, Michigan, 1,512 students in 3 schools

Newaygo Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Newaygo get?

About 57.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 15.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Newaygo?

10.4 inches on January 13, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 15.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 84.1 inches.

Q: How does the Newaygo snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Newaygo 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 Newaygo’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 15.6 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Newaygo snow day predictor look?

Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and breaks are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Newaygo, measured against Newaygo's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Newaygo close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Newaygo’s snow record

57.3inches of snow a winter

5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

2.8 ina big snow morning in Newaygo: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

7.2Nov

13.8Dec

16.7Jan

11.5Feb

5.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.4 in on January 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 84.1 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 10.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 15.6 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 Newaygo

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Grant Public School DistrictGrant	57.3 in	1.3
Fremont Public School DistrictFremont	57.3 in	1.3
Kent City Community SchoolsKent City	73.6 in	2.6
Tri County Area SchoolsSand Lake	46.8 in	1.8
Ravenna Public SchoolsRavenna	68.3 in	2.6
Cedar Springs Public SchoolsCedar Springs	46.8 in	1.8

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Newaygo High School

Middle

Newaygo Middle School

Elementary

Newaygo Elementary School

Questions

Newaygo snow day questions

How much snow does Newaygo get?

What was the biggest snow day near Newaygo?

How does the Newaygo snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

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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.