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Muskegon, Michigan, 2,146 students in 5 schools

Orchard View Schools Snow Day Predictor

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

The next three school mornings

Will Orchard View close tomorrow?

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

Orchard View’s snow record

68.3inches of snow a winter
8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
2.6with 4 in or more
3.8 ina big snow morning in Orchard View: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 76% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

6.1Nov
18Dec
24.3Jan
12.1Feb
5.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 14.7 in on December 29, 2017
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 108.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 14.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.1 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 Orchard View

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Muskegon City School DistrictMuskegon68.3 in2.6
Oakridge Public SchoolsMuskegon68.3 in2.6
Reeths-Puffer SchoolsMuskegon68.3 in2.6
Mona Shores Public School DistrictNorton Shores68.3 in2.6
Fruitport Community SchoolsFruitport68.3 in2.6
Spring Lake Public SchoolsSpring Lake46.5 in1.4
The schools

5 schools

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

High

  • Orchard View High School
  • Orchard View Community Education

Middle

  • Orchard View Middle School

Elementary

  • Orchard View Early Elementary

Other schools

  • Cardinal Elementary
Questions

Orchard View 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.