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South Haven, Michigan, 1,779 students in 6 schools

South Haven Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in South Haven, measured against South Haven's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will South Haven close tomorrow?

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

South Haven’s snow record

46.3inches of snow a winter
6.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.8with 4 in or more
4 ina big snow morning in South Haven: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 58% of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

4.4Nov
10.2Dec
20.5Jan
7.6Feb
2.3Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10 in on February 2, 2022
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 92.7 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 9.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 20.5 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 South Haven

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Hartford Public School DistrictHartford46.3 in1.8
Watervliet School DistrictWatervliet46.3 in1.8
Coloma Community SchoolsColoma46.3 in1.8
Fennville Public SchoolsFennville78.5 in3.1
Bloomingdale Public School DistrictBloomingdale55.8 in1.8
Benton Harbor Area SchoolsBenton Harbor46.3 in1.8
The schools

6 schools

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

High

  • South Haven High School
  • WAY South Haven

Middle

  • Baseline Middle School

Elementary

  • Maple Grove Elementary School
  • North Shore Elementary
  • Lincoln School
Questions

South Haven 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.