Roseau, Minnesota, 1,120 students in 3 schools

Roseau Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Roseau get?

About 56.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 16.2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Roseau?

8.2 inches on April 5, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 16.2 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 86.7 inches.

Q: How does the Roseau snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Roseau 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 Roseau’s own big snow morning: 2.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 16.2 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 Roseau, measured against Roseau's own big snow morning of 2.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Roseau close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Roseau’s snow record

56.6inches of snow a winter

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

1with 4 in or more

2.6 ina big snow morning in Roseau: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

31.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

7.5Nov

15Dec

9.3Jan

7.3Feb

6.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.2 in on April 5, 2023
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 86.7 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 9.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 16.2 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 Roseau

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Warroad Public School DistrictWarroad	56.6 in	1
Thief River Falls School DistrictThief River Falls	39.1 in	0.6
Red Lake Public School DistrictRed Lake	27.4 in	0.6
Crookston Public School DistrictCrookston	49.9 in	2.6
East Grand Forks Public School DistrictEast Grand Forks	56.5 in	1.9
Bemidji Public School DistrictBemidji	57.1 in	2.3

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Roseau Secondary
Roseau Dist. Area Learning Program

Elementary

Roseau Elementary

Questions

Roseau snow day questions

How much snow does Roseau get?

What was the biggest snow day near Roseau?

How does the Roseau 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

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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.