Richfield, Minnesota, 4,043 students in 10 schools

Richfield Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Richfield get?

About 53.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Richfield?

12.4 inches on January 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 90.3 inches.

Q: Does Richfield get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

Richfield averages 2.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 68 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Richfield snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Richfield 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 Richfield’s own big snow morning: 4.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Richfield, measured against Richfield's own big snow morning of 4.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Richfield close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Richfield’s snow record

53.6inches of snow a winter

5.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.2with 4 in or more

4.9 ina big snow morning in Richfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

13.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 68% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

5.3Nov

11.9Dec

9.4Jan

11.7Feb

8.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.4 in on January 22, 2018
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 90.3 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 7.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.7 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 Richfield

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Edina Public School DistrictEdina	41.9 in	2.1
Bloomington Public School DistrictBloomington	53.6 in	2.2
St. Louis Park Public School DistrictSaint Louis Park	41.9 in	2.1
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School DistrictBurnsville	57.9 in	3.6
Hopkins Public School DistrictHopkins	41.9 in	2.1
Minneapolis Public School DistrictMinneapolis	49.1 in	2

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Richfield Senior High
Richfield College Experience Prg
Secondary Special Education

Middle

Richfield Middle

Elementary

Richfield Stem School
Richfield Dual Language School
Sheridan Hills Elementary
Centennial Elementary

Other schools

Central Education Center
Central Education Center PreK

Questions

Richfield snow day questions

How much snow does Richfield get?

What was the biggest snow day near Richfield?

Does Richfield get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Richfield snow day predictor work?

How does Minnesota handle snow days?

More winter

More for Minnesota snow days

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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.