Alexandria, Minnesota, 4,021 students in 9 schools

Alexandria Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Alexandria get?

About 32.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Alexandria?

10 inches on March 10, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 58 inches.

Q: How does the Alexandria snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Alexandria 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 Alexandria’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.3 miles away.

Q: Can Minnesota schools hold a remote day instead?

A district or charter school with an adopted plan may hold up to five e-learning days a year for bad weather, and each one counts as a day of instruction.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Alexandria, measured against Alexandria's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Alexandria close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Alexandria’s snow record

32.3inches of snow a winter

3.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

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

3.4Nov

7.9Dec

4.2Jan

6Feb

5.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on March 10, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 58 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.3 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 Minnesota rule

How Minnesota counts a lost day

Minnesota requires at least 165 days for grades 1 to 11, plus 935 hours for grades 1 to 6 and 1,020 hours for grades 7 to 12.

The Minnesota rules in the agency’s own words, and every Minnesota district

Next door

Districts near Alexandria

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Minnewaska School DistrictGlenwood	32.3 in	0.8
Sauk Centre Public School DistrictSauk Centre	37.3 in	1.7
Melrose Public School DistrictMelrose	37.3 in	1.7
Morris Area Public SchoolsMorris	37.7 in	0.8
Wadena-Deer Creek School DistrictWadena	58 in	2.9
Albany Public School DistrictAlbany	46.8 in	1.9

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Alexandria Area High School

Middle

Discovery Middle School

Elementary

Lincoln Elementary
Voyager Elementary
Woodland Elementary School
Miltona Elementary, Miltona
Garfield Elementary, Garfield
Carlos Elementary, Carlos

Other schools

Early Education Center

Questions

Alexandria snow day questions

How much snow does Alexandria get?

What was the biggest snow day near Alexandria?

How does the Alexandria snow day predictor work?

How does Minnesota handle snow days?

Can Minnesota schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for Minnesota 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.