Chisago City, Minnesota, 3,331 students in 11 schools

Chisago Lakes School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Chisago City get?

About 44.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Chisago Lakes?

8.4 inches on March 25, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 85.3 inches.

Q: How does the Chisago Lakes snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Chisago City 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 Chisago Lakes’s own big snow morning: 4.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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 Chisago Lakes, measured against Chisago Lakes's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Chisago Lakes close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Chisago Lakes’s snow record

44.2inches of snow a winter

4.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.8with 4 in or more

4.3 ina big snow morning in Chisago Lakes: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

20.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

5.6Nov

12.8Dec

7.1Jan

6.3Feb

8.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.4 in on March 25, 2024
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 85.3 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 7.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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 Chisago Lakes

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Forest Lake Public School DistrictForest Lake	44.2 in	1.8
North Branch Public SchoolsNorth Branch	41.1 in	1.8
Centennial Public School DistrictCircle Pines	33.8 in	1.7
White Bear Lake School DistrictWhite Bear Lake	50 in	1.9
Cambridge-Isanti Public School DistrictCambridge	39 in	1.6	1
Mahtomedi Public School DistrictMahtomedi	50 in	1.9

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Chisago Lakes Senior High, Lindstrom
Chisago Lakes HS Alt Learning Prog, Lindstrom
Trio Wolf Creek Charter School
Wildcat Academy High School

Middle

Chisago Lakes Middle, Lindstrom
Wildcat Academy Middle School

Elementary

Lakeside El.
Chisago Lakes El.
Taylors Falls Elementary, Taylors Falls
Wildcat Academy Elementary School

Other schools

Chisago Lakes Family Center

Questions

Chisago Lakes snow day questions

How much snow does Chisago City get?

What was the biggest snow day near Chisago Lakes?

How does the Chisago Lakes 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

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.