Norfolk Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

By phone call, and on the district’s own closings page.

May 20, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

About 25 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

14.6 inches on January 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 34.1 inches.

Norfolk averages 1.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 75 percent of the 235 Nebraska districts with a station record.

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Norfolk 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 Norfolk’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away.

Nebraska requires at least 1,032 instructional hours for elementary grades and 1,080 for high school. At the State Board's discretion, a district that closed for severe storms or epidemic sickness keeps its accreditation and state aid, after the board secretary files a sworn statement if fewer hours will be offered.