Rockford Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Rockford announces closings every effort to make a decision by 5:30am, by its own published protocol.

By text message, the district website, local TV and radio, and on the district’s own closings page.

About 73.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 13.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

11.9 inches on November 19, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 13.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 115.9 inches.

Rockford averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 76 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Rockford 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 Rockford’s own big snow morning: 3.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 13.4 miles away.

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.