Glencoe, Minnesota, 1,433 students in 4 schools

Glencoe-Silver Lake School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Glencoe get?

About 37.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Glencoe-Silver Lake?

10 inches on April 15, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 60.8 inches.

Q: How does the Glencoe-Silver Lake snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Glencoe 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 Glencoe-Silver Lake’s own big snow morning: 3.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1 mile 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 Glencoe-Silver Lake, measured against Glencoe-Silver Lake's own big snow morning of 3.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Glencoe-Silver Lake close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Glencoe-Silver Lake’s snow record

37.1inches of snow a winter

3.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.5with 4 in or more

3.6 ina big snow morning in Glencoe-Silver Lake: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.2Nov

7.7Dec

6.2Jan

8.5Feb

5.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on April 15, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 60.8 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 7.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1 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 Glencoe-Silver Lake

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Sibley East School DistrictArlington	38.3 in	2.7
Hutchinson Public School DistrictHutchinson	43.4 in	2
Waconia Public School DistrictWaconia	58.7 in	2.3
Howard Lake-Waverly-WinstedHoward Lake	34.4 in	1.5
Watertown-Mayer Public School DistrictWatertown	47.8 in	2.4
Belle Plaine Public School DistrictBelle Plaine	43.3 in	1.4

The schools

4 schools

Every school in Glencoe-Silver Lake follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Glencoe-Silver Lake Senior High

Middle

GSL Junior High School

Elementary

Lakeside Elementary, Silver Lake
Lincoln Elementary

Questions

Glencoe-Silver Lake snow day questions

How much snow does Glencoe get?

What was the biggest snow day near Glencoe-Silver Lake?

How does the Glencoe-Silver Lake 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.