New Ulm, Minnesota, 2,135 students in 5 schools

New Ulm Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Ulm get?

About 37.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 19.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near New Ulm?

8.9 inches on March 24, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 19.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 63.2 inches.

Q: How does the New Ulm snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Ulm 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 New Ulm’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 19.1 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 New Ulm, measured against New Ulm's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will New Ulm close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

New Ulm’s snow record

37.4inches of snow a winter

3.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in New Ulm: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.5Nov

6.5Dec

6.3Jan

8.8Feb

7.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.9 in on March 24, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 63.2 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 6.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 19.1 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 New Ulm

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
St. James Public School DistrictSaint James	45.6 in	1.7
Mankato Public School DistrictMankato	39.8 in	2.1
St. Peter Public School DistrictSaint Peter	39.8 in	2.1
Sibley East School DistrictArlington	38.3 in	2.7
Redwood Area School DistrictRedwood Falls	49.1 in	1.5
Glencoe-Silver Lake School DistrictGlencoe	37.1 in	1.5

The schools

5 schools

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

High

New Ulm High School
New Ulm CTE Center

Middle

New Ulm Middle School

Elementary

Jefferson Elementary

Other schools

Washington Learning Center

Questions

New Ulm snow day questions

How much snow does New Ulm get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Ulm?

How does the New Ulm 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.