Cannon Falls, Minnesota, 1,044 students in 2 schools

Cannon Falls Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Cannon Falls get?

About 49.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Cannon Falls?

10.9 inches on April 11, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 83.6 inches.

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

Cannon Falls averages 2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 54 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Cannon Falls snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Cannon Falls 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 Cannon Falls’s own big snow morning: 4.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Cannon Falls, measured against Cannon Falls's own big snow morning of 4.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Cannon Falls close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Cannon Falls’s snow record

49.2inches of snow a winter

4.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2with 4 in or more

4.1 ina big snow morning in Cannon Falls: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 54% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

4.7Nov

10.6Dec

8.9Jan

12.6Feb

6.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.9 in on April 11, 2019
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 83.6 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 7.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Cannon Falls

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Northfield Public School DistrictNorthfield	39.8 in	1.7
Hastings Public School DistrictHastings	53.2 in	2.7
Farmington Public School DistrictFarmington	57.9 in	3.6
Red Wing Public School DistrictRed Wing	37.1 in	1.3
Zumbrota-Mazeppa School DistrictZumbrota	46.1 in	1.6
Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganRosemount	57.9 in	3.6

The schools

2 schools

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

High

Cannon Falls Secondary

Elementary

Cannon Falls Elementary

Questions

Cannon Falls snow day questions

How much snow does Cannon Falls get?

What was the biggest snow day near Cannon Falls?

Does Cannon Falls get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Cannon Falls snow day predictor work?

How does Minnesota handle snow days?

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.