Mankato Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Mankato?

June 10, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Mankato get?

About 39.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mankato?

11 inches on December 11, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 67.1 inches.

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

Mankato averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 63 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Mankato snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Mankato 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 Mankato’s own big snow morning: 7.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Mankato close tomorrow?

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

The Mankato playbook

How Mankato calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 8, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day June 10, 2027

District calendar

Read from Mankato’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is isd77.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Mankato’s snow record

39.8inches of snow a winter

4.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

7.5 ina big snow morning in Mankato: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

20.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

3.8Nov

8.8Dec

7.9Jan

9.3Feb

5.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on December 11, 2021
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 67.1 in
6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
1 in mornings 6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11 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 Mankato

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
St. Peter Public School DistrictSaint Peter	39.8 in	2.1
New Ulm Public School DistrictNew Ulm	37.4 in	1
Waseca Public School DistrictWaseca	45.8 in	2.2
Tri-City United School DistrictMontgomery	44.4 in	1.9
Sibley East School DistrictArlington	38.3 in	2.7
St. James Public School DistrictSaint James	45.6 in	1.7

The schools

26 schools

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

High

Mankato East Senior High
Mankato West Senior High
Central High Area Learning Center
Central Freedom School
Life Lines Adult Connection
Mankato Area Night School
Mankato Area Public Schools Online
Mankato Area Summer School

Middle

Prairie Winds Middle School
Dakota Meadows Middle School, North Mankato
Central Middle School ALC

Elementary

Hoover Elementary, North Mankato
Franklin Elementary
Rosa Parks Elementary
Monroe Elementary, North Mankato
Washington Elementary
Kennedy Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary
Eagle Lake Elementary, Eagle Lake
Bridges Community Elementary, North Mankato
Jefferson Elementary

Other schools

Special Education
Futures Program, North Mankato
Futures Sun, North Mankato
Prairie Care Mankato
Mankato Schools Center for Learning

Questions

Mankato snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Mankato?

How much snow does Mankato get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mankato?

Does Mankato get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Mankato 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.