Rockford, Minnesota, 1,564 students in 3 schools

Rockford Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Rockford get?

About 30.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Rockford?

10 inches on January 4, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 66.5 inches.

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

Rockford averages 2.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 80 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Rockford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Rockford 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 Rockford’s own big snow morning: 5.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Rockford, measured against Rockford's own big snow morning of 5.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Rockford close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Rockford’s snow record

30.9inches of snow a winter

4.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.5with 4 in or more

5.2 ina big snow morning in Rockford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

19.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 80% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

2.6Nov

6.8Dec

4.3Jan

8.7Feb

5.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on January 4, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 66.5 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 6.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.6 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 Rockford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Delano Public School DistrictDelano	30.9 in	2.5
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public SchoolsBuffalo	30.9 in	2.5
Orono Public School DistrictLong Lake	42.1 in	2
Westonka Public School DistrictMinnetrista	47.4 in	2.1
St. Michael-Albertville School DistrictAlbertville	43.3 in	2.8	3
Watertown-Mayer Public School DistrictWatertown	47.8 in	2.4

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Rockford Secondary

Middle

Rockford Middle

Elementary

Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet

Questions

Rockford snow day questions

How much snow does Rockford get?

What was the biggest snow day near Rockford?

Does Rockford get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Rockford 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.