Yale, Michigan, 1,748 students in 6 schools

Yale Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Yale get?

About 29.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 16.6 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Yale?

12.5 inches on November 12, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 16.6 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 56.1 inches.

Q: How does the Yale snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Yale 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 Yale’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 16.6 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Yale 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 Yale, measured against Yale's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Yale close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Yale’s snow record

29.4inches of snow a winter

4.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Yale: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

2.8Nov

6.1Dec

8Jan

8.9Feb

2.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.5 in on November 12, 2019
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 56.1 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 7.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 16.6 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 Yale

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Croswell-Lexington Community School DistrictCroswell	29.4 in	1.1
Imlay City Community SchoolsImlay City	37.1 in	1.3
Almont Community SchoolsAlmont	40.6 in	1.6
Port Huron Area School DistrictPort Huron	28.9 in	1
Armada Area SchoolsArmada	40.6 in	1.6
North Branch Area SchoolsNorth Branch	37.1 in	1.3

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Yale Senior High School
Phoenix Alternative School

Middle

Yale Junior High School

Elementary

Yale Elementary School
Avoca Elementary School, Kenockee
John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School, Emmett

Questions

Yale snow day questions

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More winter

More for Michigan snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Michigan winter forecastThe season ahead for Michigan: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.