Oxford, Michigan, 5,722 students in 10 schools

Oxford Area Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Oxford get?

About 32.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.1 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Oxford?

8 inches on March 4, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.1 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 43.2 inches.

Q: How does the Oxford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Oxford 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 Oxford’s own big snow morning: 2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.1 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Oxford 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 Oxford, measured against Oxford's own big snow morning of 2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Oxford close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Oxford’s snow record

32.8inches of snow a winter

2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

2 ina big snow morning in Oxford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.9Nov

4.1Dec

10.3Jan

10.6Feb

3.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on March 4, 2023
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 43.2 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.1 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.

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 Oxford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Lake Orion Community SchoolsLake Orion	31.3 in	0.9
Brandon School DistrictOrtonville	36.5 in	0.6
Clarkston Community School DistrictClarkston	32.8 in	1.1
Romeo Community SchoolsRomeo	40.6 in	1.6
Pontiac City School DistrictPontiac	31.3 in	0.9
Waterford School DistrictWaterford	32.8 in	1.1

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Oxford High School
Oxford Bridges High School

Middle

Oxford Middle School

Elementary

Clear Lake Elementary School
Lakeville Elementary School
Daniel Axford Elementary School
Oxford Elementary School
Leonard Elementary School, Leonard

Other schools

Oxford Virtual Academy
Oxford Crossroads Day School

Questions

Oxford snow day questions

How much snow does Oxford get?

What was the biggest snow day near Oxford?

How does the Oxford snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Oxford snow day predictor look?

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.