Mora, Minnesota, 1,653 students in 4 schools

Mora Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Mora get?

About 47.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mora?

10 inches on December 27, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 82.9 inches.

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

Mora averages 2.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 73 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Mora snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Mora 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 Mora’s own big snow morning: 4.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Mora, measured against Mora's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Mora close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mora’s snow record

47.9inches of snow a winter

6.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.3with 4 in or more

4.3 ina big snow morning in Mora: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

25.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 73% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

6Nov

12.8Dec

6.4Jan

11.4Feb

8.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on December 27, 2021
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 82.9 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 10.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.1 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 Mora

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Pine City Public School DistrictPine City	53.5 in	1.9
Milaca Public School DistrictMilaca	51.1 in	2.6
Cambridge-Isanti Public School DistrictCambridge	39 in	1.6	1
Princeton Public School DistrictPrinceton	50.8 in	1.5
North Branch Public SchoolsNorth Branch	41.1 in	1.8
Foley Public School DistrictFoley	49.9 in	1.9

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Mora Secondary
Mora Alternative Learning Center

Middle

Mora Middle Level Alc

Elementary

Mora Elementary School

Questions

Mora snow day questions

How much snow does Mora get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mora?

Does Mora get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Mora 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.