Crookston, Minnesota, 1,162 students in 5 schools

Crookston Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Crookston get?

About 49.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 16 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Crookston?

12 inches on March 10, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 16 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 106.4 inches.

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

Crookston averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 83 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Crookston snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Crookston 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 Crookston’s own big snow morning: 4.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 16 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Crookston, measured against Crookston's own big snow morning of 4.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Crookston close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Crookston’s snow record

49.9inches of snow a winter

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

2.6with 4 in or more

4.9 ina big snow morning in Crookston: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

3.8Nov

15.3Dec

8.3Jan

10.3Feb

6.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on March 10, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 106.4 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 8.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 16 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 Crookston

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
East Grand Forks Public School DistrictEast Grand Forks	56.5 in	1.9
Thief River Falls School DistrictThief River Falls	39.1 in	0.6
Dilworth-Glyndon-FeltonDilworth	48.5 in	2
Hawley Public School DistrictHawley	67.2 in	2.6
Moorhead Public School DistrictMoorhead	43.7 in	1.1
Red Lake Public School DistrictRed Lake	27.4 in	0.6

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Crookston Secondary
Northern Lights Academy

Elementary

Highland Elementary

Other schools

Washington Elementary
Crookston Pre-K Program

Questions

Crookston snow day questions

How much snow does Crookston get?

What was the biggest snow day near Crookston?

Does Crookston get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Crookston 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.