Annandale, Minnesota, 2,049 students in 3 schools

Annandale Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Annandale get?

About 49 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Annandale?

9 inches on January 4, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 88 inches.

Q: Does Annandale get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

Annandale averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 63 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Annandale snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Annandale 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 Annandale’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Annandale, measured against Annandale's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Annandale close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Annandale’s snow record

49inches of snow a winter

5.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Annandale: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

23.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

4.7Nov

10.9Dec

7.6Jan

10.8Feb

9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 4, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 88 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 9.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.9 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 Annandale

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public SchoolsBuffalo	30.9 in	2.5
Dassel-Cokato Public School DistrictCokato	45.6 in	1.3
Becker Public School DistrictBecker	49 in	2
Howard Lake-Waverly-WinstedHoward Lake	34.4 in	1.5
Monticello Public School DistrictMonticello	49 in	2
Big Lake Public School DistrictBig Lake	49 in	2

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Annandale Senior High

Middle

Annandale Middle School

Elementary

Annandale Elementary School

Questions

Annandale snow day questions

How much snow does Annandale get?

What was the biggest snow day near Annandale?

Does Annandale get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Annandale snow day predictor work?

How does Minnesota handle snow days?

More winter

More for Minnesota 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.Minnesota winter forecastThe season ahead for Minnesota: 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.