Redwood Falls, Minnesota, 1,132 students in 4 schools

Redwood Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Redwood Falls get?

About 49.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 14.7 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.9 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 Redwood?

11.5 inches on January 4, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 14.7 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 85 inches.

Q: How does the Redwood snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Redwood Falls 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 Redwood’s own big snow morning: 3.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 14.7 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 Redwood, measured against Redwood's own big snow morning of 3.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Redwood close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Redwood’s snow record

49.1inches of snow a winter

4.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.5with 4 in or more

3.7 ina big snow morning in Redwood: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4Nov

8.9Dec

11.3Jan

11.3Feb

7.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on January 4, 2023
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 85 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 8.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 14.7 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 Redwood

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Marshall Public School DistrictMarshall	43 in	1.8
New Ulm Public School DistrictNew Ulm	37.4 in	1
Willmar Public School DistrictWillmar	51.9 in	1.7
Montevideo Public School DistrictMontevideo	28.4 in	2
Hutchinson Public School DistrictHutchinson	43.4 in	2
St. James Public School DistrictSaint James	45.6 in	1.7

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Redwood Valley Senior High
Redwood Valley Alternative

Middle

Redwood Valley Middle

Elementary

Reede Gray Elementary

Questions

Redwood snow day questions

How much snow does Redwood Falls get?

What was the biggest snow day near Redwood?

How does the Redwood 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.