Perham, Minnesota, 1,687 students in 4 schools

Perham-Dent Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Perham get?

About 65.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.4 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 Perham-Dent?

11.5 inches on December 27, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 102.6 inches.

Q: Does Perham-Dent get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

Perham-Dent 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 Perham-Dent snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Perham 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 Perham-Dent’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Perham-Dent, measured against Perham-Dent's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Perham-Dent close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Perham-Dent’s snow record

65.6inches of snow a winter

5.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.3with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Perham-Dent: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

28school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

6.5Nov

16.3Dec

8.7Jan

10.2Feb

10Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on December 27, 2021
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 102.6 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 11 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.1 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 Perham-Dent

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Detroit Lakes Public School DistrictDetroit Lakes	48.2 in	2.3
Wadena-Deer Creek School DistrictWadena	58 in	2.9
Fergus Falls Public School DistrictFergus Falls	59.2 in	1.9
Park Rapids Public School DistrictPark Rapids	57.5 in	3.9
Hawley Public School DistrictHawley	67.2 in	2.6
Alexandria Public School DistrictAlexandria	32.3 in	0.8

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Perham Senior High
Perham Area Learning Center

Middle

Prairie Wind Middle

Elementary

Heart of the Lake Elementary

Questions

Perham-Dent snow day questions

How much snow does Perham get?

What was the biggest snow day near Perham-Dent?

Does Perham-Dent get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Perham-Dent 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.