Saint Johns, Michigan, 2,573 students in 7 schools

St. Johns Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Saint Johns get?

About 46.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near St. Johns?

10.4 inches on February 3, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 69.1 inches.

Q: How does the St. Johns snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Saint Johns 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 St. Johns’s own big snow morning: 3.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.8 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the St. Johns 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 St. Johns, measured against St. Johns's own big snow morning of 3.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will St. Johns close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

St. Johns’s snow record

46.8inches of snow a winter

4.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

3.2 ina big snow morning in St. Johns: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.2Nov

9.5Dec

13.7Jan

12.4Feb

4.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.4 in on February 3, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 69.1 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 10.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.8 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 St. Johns

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Ovid-Elsie Area SchoolsElsie	35.3 in	0.6
DeWitt Public SchoolsDewitt	44 in	1.7
Laingsburg Community School DistrictLaingsburg	46.8 in	1.4
Bath Community SchoolsBath	46.8 in	1.4
East Lansing School DistrictEast Lansing	38.2 in	0.6
Lansing Public School DistrictLansing	38.2 in	0.6

The schools

7 schools

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

High

St Johns High School
STRIVE Academy

Middle

St Johns Middle School

Elementary

Gateway Elementary School
Oakview Elementary School
Riley Elementary School
Eureka School

Questions

St. Johns snow day questions

How much snow does Saint Johns get?

What was the biggest snow day near St. Johns?

How does the St. Johns snow day predictor work?

How does Michigan handle snow days?

How far ahead does the St. Johns snow day predictor look?

More winter

More for Michigan snow days

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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.