Zeeland Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

By email, text message, the district website, social media and local TV.

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

About 78.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.1 with 4 inches or more.

11.5 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 100.6 inches.

Zeeland averages 3.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 84 percent of the 515 Michigan districts with a station record.

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Zeeland 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 Zeeland’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2 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.