Saint Peter, Minnesota, 2,105 students in 10 schools

St. Peter Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Saint Peter get?

About 39.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.2 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. Peter?

11 inches on December 11, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 67.1 inches.

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

St. Peter 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. Peter snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Saint Peter 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. Peter’s own big snow morning: 7.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in St. Peter, measured against St. Peter's own big snow morning of 7.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will St. Peter close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

St. Peter’s snow record

39.8inches of snow a winter

4.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

7.5 ina big snow morning in St. Peter: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

20.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

3.8Nov

8.8Dec

7.9Jan

9.3Feb

5.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on December 11, 2021
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 67.1 in
6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
1 in mornings 6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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. Peter

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Mankato Public School DistrictMankato	39.8 in	2.1
Sibley East School DistrictArlington	38.3 in	2.7
Tri-City United School DistrictMontgomery	44.4 in	1.9
Belle Plaine Public School DistrictBelle Plaine	43.3 in	1.4
New Prague Area SchoolsNew Prague	54.3 in	2.3
New Ulm Public School DistrictNew Ulm	37.4 in	1

The schools

10 schools

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

High

St. Peter High School
Rock Bend HS Alc
Hoffman Learning Center
Mn Security Hospital Yaap
St. Peter Alc

Middle

St. Peter Middle School

Elementary

North Elementary School
South Elementary School

Other schools

St. Peter Ecse
Oshawa Learning Academy

Questions

St. Peter snow day questions

How much snow does Saint Peter get?

What was the biggest snow day near St. Peter?

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

How does the St. Peter 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.