Moorhead Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: Does Moorhead switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Moorhead has eLearning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: How long is a delayed start in Moorhead?

2 hours: on a delay morning every school starts that much later.

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

May 28, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Moorhead get?

About 43.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Moorhead?

9.6 inches on April 4, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 67.4 inches.

Q: How does the Moorhead snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Moorhead 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 Moorhead’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Moorhead close tomorrow?

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

The Moorhead playbook

How Moorhead calls a snow day

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Moorhead public and non-public schools and buses will start 2 hours late on January 23. There will be no morning Early Intervention Services, Jump Start, ABE or Community Education classes. Before-school activities are canceled.”

eLearning days

Moorhead has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“All Moorhead public and non-public schools, including Community Education classes, are closed January 16. Moorhead Area Public School students in grades E-12 are required to complete an eLearning day.”

Source

Making up a lost day

June 1 to 3 are possible in-person make-up days.

Make up dates: Jun 1, Jun 2, Jun 3.

“Possible in-person make-up days”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 31, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day May 28, 2027

District calendar

Read from Moorhead’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is isd152.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Moorhead’s snow record

43.7inches of snow a winter

3.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

3.1 ina big snow morning in Moorhead: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

28school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

3.9Nov

12.3Dec

6Jan

7.2Feb

7.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.6 in on April 4, 2026
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 67.4 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 6.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2 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 Moorhead

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Dilworth-Glyndon-FeltonDilworth	48.5 in	2
Hawley Public School DistrictHawley	67.2 in	2.6
Detroit Lakes Public School DistrictDetroit Lakes	48.2 in	2.3
Fergus Falls Public School DistrictFergus Falls	59.2 in	1.9
Perham-Dent Public School DistrictPerham	65.6 in	2.3
Crookston Public School DistrictCrookston	49.9 in	2.6

The schools

16 schools

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

High

Moorhead High School
Moorhead ALC
Moorhead ALC - Barnesville
Moorhead ALC: DGF Secondary
Moorhead High School Career Academy
Moorhead Online Secondary Academy

Middle

Horizon Middle School

Elementary

S.G. Reinertsen Elementary
Dorothy Dodds Elementary School
Robert Asp Elementary
Ellen Hopkins Elementary
Probstfield Elementary
Moorhead Online Elementary Academy

Other schools

Probstfield Center for Education
West Central Academy-S
West Central Academy-N

Questions

Moorhead snow day questions

Does Moorhead switch to remote learning on a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Moorhead?

When is the last day of school for Moorhead?

How much snow does Moorhead get?

What was the biggest snow day near Moorhead?

How does the Moorhead 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.