Worthington, Minnesota, 3,914 students in 9 schools

Worthington Public School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Worthington get?

About 42 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Worthington?

10.2 inches on January 23, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 77.5 inches.

Q: Does Worthington get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

Worthington averages 2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 54 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Worthington snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Worthington 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 Worthington’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Worthington, measured against Worthington's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Worthington close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Worthington’s snow record

42inches of snow a winter

4.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Worthington: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

18.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 54% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

3.5Nov

7.7Dec

10.7Jan

8.9Feb

6.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.2 in on January 23, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 77.5 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 7.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.4 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 Worthington

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Windom Public School DistrictWindom	45 in	1.6
Jackson County Central School DistrictJackson	46.8 in	1.5
Luverne Public School DistrictLuverne	37.6 in	1.3
Pipestone Area School DistrictPipestone	37 in	1.2
St. James Public School DistrictSaint James	45.6 in	1.7
Marshall Public School DistrictMarshall	43 in	1.8

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Worthington Senior High
Virtual Instruction by Excellence S
Learning Center Night
Learning Center

Middle

Worthington Middle

Elementary

Prairie Elementary
Intermediate School
Virtual Instruction by Excellence E

Other schools

Early Childhood

Questions

Worthington snow day questions

How much snow does Worthington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Worthington?

Does Worthington get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Worthington 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.