South Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2,917 students in 7 schools

South St. Paul Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does South Saint Paul get?

About 50.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.9 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 South St. Paul?

14 inches on December 11, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 82.7 inches.

Q: Does South St. Paul get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

South St. Paul 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 South St. Paul snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for South Saint Paul 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 South St. Paul’s own big snow morning: 4.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in South St. Paul, measured against South St. Paul's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will South St. Paul close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in South Saint Paul.

Ten winters of school mornings

South St. Paul’s snow record

50.3inches of snow a winter

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

2.2with 4 in or more

4.3 ina big snow morning in South St. Paul: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

4.4Nov

10Dec

9.5Jan

10.9Feb

8.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on December 11, 2021
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 82.7 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 8.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.3 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 South St. Paul

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-EaganMendota Heights	40.5 in	1.4
Inver Grove Heights SchoolsInver Grove Heights	57.9 in	3.6
St. Paul Public School DistrictSaint Paul	40.5 in	1.4
South Washington County School DistrictCottage Grove	35.9 in	2.2
North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School DistrictNorth Saint Paul	50 in	1.9
Roseville Public School DistrictRoseville	49.8 in	2

The schools

7 schools

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

High

South St. Paul High School
S St. Paul Community Lrng. Cntr.
SSP Virtual

Middle

South St. Paul Middle School

Elementary

Lincoln Center Elementary
Kaposia Education Center Elementary

Other schools

Early Childhood Special Ed Program

Questions

South St. Paul snow day questions

How much snow does South Saint Paul get?

What was the biggest snow day near South St. Paul?

Does South St. Paul get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the South St. Paul 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.