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Southfield, Michigan, 4,809 students in 13 schools

Southfield Public School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Southfield, measured against Southfield's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Southfield close tomorrow?

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

Southfield’s snow record

29.8inches of snow a winter
3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1with 4 in or more
3.3 ina big snow morning in Southfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
3.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
3.3Nov
5.5Dec
8.7Jan
8.5Feb
3.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8.6 in on November 12, 2019
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 48.7 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 6.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 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 Southfield

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Redford Union School DistrictRedford28.9 in0.6
Birmingham City School DistrictBeverly Hills29.8 in1
Berkley School DistrictOak Park29.8 in1
Oak Park City School DistrictOak Park23.5 in0.9
Clarenceville School DistrictLivonia28.9 in0.6
Bloomfield Hills School DistrictBloomfield Hills29.8 in1
The schools

13 schools

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

High

  • Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology
  • University High School Academy, Lathrup Village
  • Southfield Regional Academic Campus

Middle

  • Glenn W Levey Middle School
  • University Middle School Academy, Lathrup Village

Elementary

  • Adlai Stevenson Elementary School
  • MacArthur K8 University Academy, Lathrup Village
  • Alice M Birney K8 School
  • Thompson K8 International Academy
  • Morris Adler Elementary School
  • McIntyre Elementary School
  • Vandenberg Elementary School

Other schools

  • Kennedy Learning Center
Questions

Southfield 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.