Red Lake, Minnesota, 1,441 students in 10 schools

Red Lake Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Red Lake get?

About 27.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Red Lake Public School District?

7.5 inches on December 30, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 44 inches.

Q: How does the Red Lake Public School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Red Lake 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 Red Lake Public School District’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Red Lake Public School District, measured against Red Lake Public School District's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Red Lake Public School District close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Red Lake Public School District’s snow record

27.4inches of snow a winter

2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

3.1 ina big snow morning in Red Lake Public School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

31.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

2.9Nov

8.5Dec

4.1Jan

4.5Feb

3.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.5 in on December 30, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 44 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 7.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Red Lake Public School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Bemidji Public School DistrictBemidji	57.1 in	2.3
Cass Lake-Bena Public SchoolsCass Lake	56.4 in	2.7
Thief River Falls School DistrictThief River Falls	39.1 in	0.6
Park Rapids Public School DistrictPark Rapids	57.5 in	3.9
Warroad Public School DistrictWarroad	56.6 in	1
Crookston Public School DistrictCrookston	49.9 in	2.6

The schools

10 schools

Every school in Red Lake Public School District follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Red Lake Secondary
Red Lake Alternative Learning
Red Lake Juvenile Detention Faclty
Red Lake Schools Online Learning

Middle

Red Lake Middle School
Red Lake Middle Level Alc

Elementary

Red Lake Elementary
Ponemah Elementary, Ponemah

Other schools

Red Lake Early Childhood Center
Red Lake EC Special Education Ext

Questions

Red Lake Public School District snow day questions

How much snow does Red Lake get?

What was the biggest snow day near Red Lake Public School District?

How does the Red Lake Public School District 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.