Litchfield, Minnesota, 1,562 students in 5 schools

Litchfield Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Litchfield get?

About 40.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.1 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 Litchfield?

11.8 inches on April 16, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 71.5 inches.

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

Litchfield 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 Litchfield snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Litchfield 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 Litchfield’s own big snow morning: 5.3 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 Litchfield, measured against Litchfield's own big snow morning of 5.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Litchfield close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Litchfield’s snow record

40.1inches of snow a winter

5.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.6with 4 in or more

5.3 ina big snow morning in Litchfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

24.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

3.5Nov

9Dec

6.1Jan

8.6Feb

7.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.8 in on April 16, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 71.5 in
6 in mornings 0.9 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 Litchfield

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Dassel-Cokato Public School DistrictCokato	45.6 in	1.3
Hutchinson Public School DistrictHutchinson	43.4 in	2
Annandale Public School DistrictAnnandale	49 in	2.1
Rocori Public School DistrictCold Spring	51.5 in	3
New London-Spicer School DistrictNew London	51.9 in	1.7
Howard Lake-Waverly-WinstedHoward Lake	34.4 in	1.5

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Litchfield Senior High
Litchfield Area Learning Program

Middle

Litchfield Middle School

Elementary

Lake Ripley Elementary

Other schools

Litchfield Early Childhood Special

Questions

Litchfield snow day questions

How much snow does Litchfield get?

What was the biggest snow day near Litchfield?

Does Litchfield get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Litchfield 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.