Princeton, Minnesota, 3,217 students in 9 schools

Princeton Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Princeton get?

About 50.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Princeton?

10.2 inches on February 23, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 78.3 inches.

Q: How does the Princeton snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Princeton 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 Princeton’s own big snow morning: 3.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.6 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 Princeton, measured against Princeton's own big snow morning of 3.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Princeton close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Princeton’s snow record

50.8inches of snow a winter

5.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.5with 4 in or more

3.8 ina big snow morning in Princeton: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

21.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

6.6Nov

11.8Dec

6.7Jan

11.4Feb

8.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.2 in on February 23, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 78.3 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 9.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.6 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 Princeton

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Milaca Public School DistrictMilaca	51.1 in	2.6
St. Francis Area SchoolsSaint Francis	49.9 in	2.1
Elk River School DistrictElk River	43.3 in	2.8
Foley Public School DistrictFoley	49.9 in	1.9
Cambridge-Isanti Public School DistrictCambridge	39 in	1.6	1
Big Lake Public School DistrictBig Lake	49 in	2

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Princeton High School
Princeton Online MN
Princeton Area Learning Center
Onward Transition Program
Credit Recovery

Middle

Princeton Middle School

Elementary

Princeton Intermediate School
Princeton Primary School

Other schools

Early Childhood Special Education

Questions

Princeton snow day questions

How much snow does Princeton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Princeton?

How does the Princeton 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.