Plainview, Minnesota, 1,466 students in 4 schools

Plainview-Elgin-Millville Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Plainview get?

About 46 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Plainview-Elgin-Millville?

13 inches on March 15, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 72.7 inches.

Q: How does the Plainview-Elgin-Millville snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Plainview 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 Plainview-Elgin-Millville’s own big snow morning: 3.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.7 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 Plainview-Elgin-Millville, measured against Plainview-Elgin-Millville's own big snow morning of 3.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Plainview-Elgin-Millville close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Plainview-Elgin-Millville’s snow record

46inches of snow a winter

4.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.6with 4 in or more

3.6 ina big snow morning in Plainview-Elgin-Millville: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.4Nov

8.6Dec

10Jan

11Feb

6.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13 in on March 15, 2026
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 72.7 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 7.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.7 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 Plainview-Elgin-Millville

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Dover-Eyota Public School DistrictEyota	46 in	1.6
Rochester Public School DistrictRochester	51.5 in	2.1
Lake City Public School DistrictLake City	40.9 in	2.2
Pine Island Public School DistrictPine Island	41 in	1.1
Byron Public School DistrictByron	45.1 in	1.9
Zumbrota-Mazeppa School DistrictZumbrota	46.1 in	1.6

The schools

4 schools

Every school in Plainview-Elgin-Millville follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Plainview-Elgin-Millville High

Middle

Plainview-Elgin-Millville 4-6, Elgin
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior, Elgin

Elementary

Plainview-Elgin-Millville Pk-3

Questions

Plainview-Elgin-Millville snow day questions

How much snow does Plainview get?

What was the biggest snow day near Plainview-Elgin-Millville?

How does the Plainview-Elgin-Millville 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.