Traverse City Area Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

5 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “Make up days for inclement weather”.

June 11, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

About 111.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.4 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 10.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.6 with 4 inches or more.

13.3 inches on March 16, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.4 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 152.2 inches.

Traverse City averages 3.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 88 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Traverse City 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 Traverse City’s own big snow morning: 3.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.4 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.