Pine City, Minnesota, 1,594 students in 8 schools

Pine City Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Pine City get?

About 53.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Pine City?

10 inches on March 31, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 105.3 inches.

Q: How does the Pine City snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Pine City 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 Pine City’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.8 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 Pine City, measured against Pine City's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Pine City close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Pine City’s snow record

53.5inches of snow a winter

6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Pine City: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

7Nov

12.9Dec

7.3Jan

10.2Feb

10.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on March 31, 2018
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 105.3 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 9.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.8 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 Pine City

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Mora Public School DistrictMora	47.9 in	2.3
Cambridge-Isanti Public School DistrictCambridge	39 in	1.6	1
North Branch Public SchoolsNorth Branch	41.1 in	1.8
Chisago Lakes School DistrictChisago City	44.2 in	1.8
Milaca Public School DistrictMilaca	51.1 in	2.6
Princeton Public School DistrictPrinceton	50.8 in	1.5

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Pine City Secondary
Pine City Area Learning Center
Online Academy High

Middle

Online Academy Middle

Elementary

Pine City Elementary
Online Academy Elementary

Other schools

Early Childhood
MidLevel ALC

Questions

Pine City snow day questions

How much snow does Pine City get?

What was the biggest snow day near Pine City?

How does the Pine City 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.