Saint Francis, Minnesota, 4,236 students in 15 schools

St. Francis Area Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Saint Francis get?

About 49.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.1 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near St. Francis?

8.1 inches on December 22, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.1 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 95.8 inches.

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

St. Francis averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 63 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the St. Francis snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Saint Francis 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 St. Francis’s own big snow morning: 4.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in St. Francis, measured against St. Francis's own big snow morning of 4.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will St. Francis close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

St. Francis’s snow record

49.9inches of snow a winter

5.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

4.1 ina big snow morning in St. Francis: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

5.6Nov

11.8Dec

6.6Jan

11.1Feb

9.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.1 in on December 22, 2022
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 95.8 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 9.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.1 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 St. Francis

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Elk River School DistrictElk River	43.3 in	2.8
Anoka-Hennepin Public School DistrictAnoka	43.9 in	1.6
Cambridge-Isanti Public School DistrictCambridge	39 in	1.6	1
Princeton Public School DistrictPrinceton	50.8 in	1.5
Big Lake Public School DistrictBig Lake	49 in	2
St. Michael-Albertville School DistrictAlbertville	43.3 in	2.8	3

The schools

15 schools

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

High

St. Francis High
Saints Academy
Saints Online High School
Transition 15
Crossroads East, East Bethel
Saints Guided Studies

Middle

St. Francis Middle
Saints Online Middle School

Elementary

Cedar Creek Elementary School, Cedar
St. Francis Elementary
East Bethel Elementary School, Cedar
Saints Online Elementary

Other schools

Ecse@ ISD 15 Lifelong Learning, Cedar
Crossroads School, Anoka
Restore Program

Questions

St. Francis snow day questions

How much snow does Saint Francis get?

What was the biggest snow day near St. Francis?

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

How does the St. Francis 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.