Dilworth, Minnesota, 1,586 students in 4 schools

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Dilworth get?

About 48.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.5 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 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton?

9.7 inches on December 29, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 75.5 inches.

Q: Does Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 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 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Dilworth 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 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, measured against Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton’s snow record

48.5inches of snow a winter

5.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

3.1Nov

15.1Dec

6.3Jan

8Feb

9.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.7 in on December 29, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 75.5 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 8.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.2 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 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Moorhead Public School DistrictMoorhead	43.7 in	1.1
Hawley Public School DistrictHawley	67.2 in	2.6
Detroit Lakes Public School DistrictDetroit Lakes	48.2 in	2.3
Fergus Falls Public School DistrictFergus Falls	59.2 in	1.9
Perham-Dent Public School DistrictPerham	65.6 in	2.3
Crookston Public School DistrictCrookston	49.9 in	2.6

The schools

4 schools

Every school in Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Senior High, Glyndon
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton ALP, Glyndon

Middle

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Middle Sch, Glyndon

Elementary

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary

Questions

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton snow day questions

How much snow does Dilworth get?

What was the biggest snow day near Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton?

Does Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 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.