Hastings, Minnesota, 4,095 students in 12 schools

Hastings Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hastings get?

About 53.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Hastings?

11.5 inches on December 11, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 82.5 inches.

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

Hastings averages 2.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 86 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Hastings snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hastings 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 Hastings’s own big snow morning: 5.2 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 Hastings, measured against Hastings's own big snow morning of 5.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hastings close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hastings’s snow record

53.2inches of snow a winter

6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.7with 4 in or more

5.2 ina big snow morning in Hastings: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 86% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

4.9Nov

12Dec

8.4Jan

13.5Feb

9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on December 11, 2021
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 82.5 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 8.6 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 Hastings

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
South Washington County School DistrictCottage Grove	35.9 in	2.2
Inver Grove Heights SchoolsInver Grove Heights	57.9 in	3.6
Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganRosemount	57.9 in	3.6
South St. Paul Public School DistrictSouth Saint Paul	50.3 in	2.2
Cannon Falls Public School DistrictCannon Falls	49.2 in	2
West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-EaganMendota Heights	40.5 in	1.4

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Hastings High School
Hastings Alternative Center
Staars
Allina Hastings PHP
HOA High School

Middle

Hastings Middle School
HOA Middle School

Elementary

Christa McAuliffe Elementary
Kennedy Elementary
Pinecrest Elementary
Special Services

Other schools

Hastings Early Child Special Ed.

Questions

Hastings snow day questions

How much snow does Hastings get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hastings?

Does Hastings get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Hastings 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.