Marshall, Minnesota, 2,705 students in 7 schools

Marshall Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Marshall get?

About 43 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Marshall Public School District?

10.3 inches on March 24, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 88.9 inches.

Q: How does the Marshall Public School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Marshall 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 Marshall Public School District’s own big snow morning: 4.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.3 miles 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 Marshall Public School District, measured against Marshall Public School District's own big snow morning of 4.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Marshall Public School District close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Marshall Public School District’s snow record

43inches of snow a winter

4.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.8with 4 in or more

4.2 ina big snow morning in Marshall Public School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

22school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

3.7Nov

8.5Dec

6.5Jan

10.6Feb

7.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.3 in on March 24, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 88.9 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 7.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.3 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 Marshall Public School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Montevideo Public School DistrictMontevideo	28.4 in	2
Redwood Area School DistrictRedwood Falls	49.1 in	1.5
Pipestone Area School DistrictPipestone	37 in	1.2
Windom Public School DistrictWindom	45 in	1.6
Worthington Public School DistrictWorthington	42 in	2
Luverne Public School DistrictLuverne	37.6 in	1.3

The schools

7 schools

Every school in Marshall Public School District follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Marshall High School
Matec
Marshall Career and Technical Insti

Middle

Marshall Middle School

Elementary

Southview Elementary
Park Side Elementary

Other schools

Marshall EC Voluntary PreK

Questions

Marshall Public School District snow day questions

How much snow does Marshall get?

What was the biggest snow day near Marshall Public School District?

How does the Marshall Public School District 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.