Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 4,347 students in 12 schools

St. Louis Park Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Saint Louis Park get?

About 41.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.9 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. Louis Park?

9.5 inches on January 4, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 72.2 inches.

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

St. Louis Park 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. Louis Park snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Saint Louis Park 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. Louis Park’s own big snow morning: 4.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in St. Louis Park, measured against St. Louis Park's own big snow morning of 4.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will St. Louis Park close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

St. Louis Park’s snow record

41.9inches of snow a winter

3.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

4.6 ina big snow morning in St. Louis Park: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

3.3Nov

9.2Dec

8.1Jan

9Feb

7.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.5 in on January 4, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 72.2 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 7.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.3 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 St. Louis Park

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hopkins Public School DistrictHopkins	41.9 in	2.1
Edina Public School DistrictEdina	41.9 in	2.1
Minneapolis Public School DistrictMinneapolis	49.1 in	2
Richfield Public School DistrictRichfield	53.6 in	2.2
Wayzata Public School DistrictPlymouth	56 in	2
Robbinsdale Public School DistrictNew Hope	56 in	2

The schools

12 schools

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

High

St. Louis Park Senior High
Special Ed.
Park Virtual - High School

Middle

St. Louis Park Middle School
Park Virtual - Middle School

Elementary

Park Spanish Immersion Elementary
Aquila Elementary
Peter Hobart Elementary
Susan Lindgren Elementary
St. Louis Park Special Ed. Program
Park Virtual - Elementary

Other schools

Melrose

Questions

St. Louis Park snow day questions

How much snow does Saint Louis Park get?

What was the biggest snow day near St. Louis Park?

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

How does the St. Louis Park 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.