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Petoskey, Michigan, 2,433 students in 7 schools

Public Schools of Petoskey Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Petoskey, measured against Petoskey's own big snow morning of 4.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Petoskey close tomorrow?

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

Petoskey’s snow record

120.5inches of snow a winter
14.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
5with 4 in or more
4.2 ina big snow morning in Petoskey: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
6.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 93% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

11.9Nov
33.5Dec
31.4Jan
22.8Feb
15Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 24.6 in on March 16, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 170.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.5 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 22.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Petoskey

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Boyne City Public SchoolsBoyne City102.1 in5.6
Cheboygan Area SchoolsCheboygan73.7 in3.3
Gaylord Community SchoolsGaylord122.3 in4.7
Elk Rapids SchoolsElk Rapids111.1 in3.6
Kalkaska Public SchoolsKalkaska129.2 in5.5
Crawford AuSable SchoolsGrayling81.2 in3.8
The schools

7 schools

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

High

  • Petoskey High School

Middle

  • Petoskey Middle School

Elementary

  • Sheridan School
  • Ottawa Elementary School
  • Central Elementary School
  • Lincoln School
  • Petoskey Montessori Elem School
Questions

Petoskey 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.