Montgomery, Minnesota, 1,910 students in 4 schools

Tri-City United School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Montgomery get?

About 44.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Tri-City United?

10 inches on February 23, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 75.3 inches.

Q: How does the Tri-City United snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Montgomery 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 Tri-City United’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.3 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 Tri-City United, measured against Tri-City United's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Tri-City United close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Tri-City United’s snow record

44.4inches of snow a winter

4.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Tri-City United: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.5Nov

9.3Dec

8.4Jan

10.1Feb

6.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on February 23, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 75.3 in
6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
1 in mornings 7.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.3 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 Tri-City United

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
New Prague Area SchoolsNew Prague	54.3 in	2.3
Jordan Public School DistrictJordan	43.3 in	1.4
Belle Plaine Public School DistrictBelle Plaine	43.3 in	1.4
Faribault Public School DistrictFaribault	39.8 in	1.7
Prior Lake-Savage Area SchoolsPrior Lake	50 in	1.8
Northfield Public School DistrictNorthfield	39.8 in	1.7

The schools

4 schools

Every school in Tri-City United follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Tri-City United High School

Elementary

Montgomery Pre K-8
Le Center Pre K-8, Le Center
Lonsdale Pre K-6, Lonsdale

Questions

Tri-City United snow day questions

How much snow does Montgomery get?

What was the biggest snow day near Tri-City United?

How does the Tri-City United 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

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.