Little Falls, Minnesota, 2,376 students in 6 schools

Little Falls Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Little Falls get?

About 59.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Little Falls?

10.5 inches on February 22, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 96.9 inches.

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

Little Falls averages 2.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 90 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Little Falls snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Little Falls 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 Little Falls’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Little Falls, measured against Little Falls's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Little Falls close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Little Falls’s snow record

59.4inches of snow a winter

6.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.8with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Little Falls: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 90% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

6.2Nov

13.8Dec

8.5Jan

10.9Feb

11.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.5 in on February 22, 2022
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 96.9 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 10.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.4 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 Little Falls

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Pierz Public School DistrictPierz	62.5 in	2.1
Holdingford Public School DistrictHoldingford	51.5 in	3
Sartell-St. Stephen School DistrictSartell	45.4 in	1.6
Pillager Public School DistrictPillager	69.2 in	3.1
Albany Public School DistrictAlbany	46.8 in	1.9
Sauk Rapids-Rice Public SchoolsSauk Rapids	45.4 in	1.6

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Little Falls Senior High
Little Falls Continuing Education

Middle

Community Middle

Elementary

Lindbergh Elementary
Lincoln Elementary
Knight Elementary, Randall

Questions

Little Falls snow day questions

How much snow does Little Falls get?

What was the biggest snow day near Little Falls?

Does Little Falls get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Little Falls snow day predictor work?

How does Minnesota handle snow days?

More winter

More for Minnesota snow days

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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.