Cold Spring, Minnesota, 2,414 students in 7 schools

Rocori Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Cold Spring get?

About 51.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Rocori?

11 inches on February 23, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 105.5 inches.

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

Rocori averages 3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 94 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Rocori snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Cold Spring 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 Rocori’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Rocori, measured against Rocori's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Rocori close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Rocori’s snow record

51.5inches of snow a winter

5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Rocori: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

20.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 94% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

5.9Nov

10.3Dec

8Jan

10.8Feb

10.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on February 23, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 105.5 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 10.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.2 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 Rocori

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
St. Cloud Public School DistrictWaite Park	48.3 in	1.9
Albany Public School DistrictAlbany	46.8 in	1.9
Sartell-St. Stephen School DistrictSartell	45.4 in	1.6
Sauk Rapids-Rice Public SchoolsSauk Rapids	45.4 in	1.6
Holdingford Public School DistrictHoldingford	51.5 in	3
Annandale Public School DistrictAnnandale	49 in	2.1

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Rocori Senior High
Rocori Online Learning Site
Rocori Alc

Middle

Rocori Middle

Elementary

Cold Spring Elementary
Rockville Elementary, Rockville
Richmond Elementary, Richmond

Questions

Rocori snow day questions

How much snow does Cold Spring get?

What was the biggest snow day near Rocori?

Does Rocori get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Rocori snow day predictor work?

How does Minnesota handle snow days?

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.