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North Platte, Nebraska, 3,756 students in 12 schools

North Platte Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in North Platte, measured against North Platte's own big snow morning of 3.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North Platte close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in North Platte.
Ten winters of school mornings

North Platte’s snow record

26.4inches of snow a winter
2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.7with 4 in or more
3.6 ina big snow morning in North Platte: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
2.7Nov
3Dec
6.3Jan
5.5Feb
6.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 19 in on March 8, 2024
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 38.6 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.3 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.

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The Nebraska rule

How Nebraska counts a lost day

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.

The Nebraska rules in the agency’s own words, and every Nebraska district

Next door

Districts near North Platte

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Lexington Public SchoolsLexington18.8 in1.7
Kearney Public SchoolsKearney25.3 in0.6
Grand Island Public SchoolsGrand Island24.6 in0.74
Scottsbluff Public SchoolsScottsbluff42.5 in1.7
Columbus Public SchoolsColumbus17.6 in1
Norfolk Public SchoolsNorfolk25 in1.3
The schools

12 schools

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

High

  • North Platte High School

Middle

  • Adams Middle School
  • Madison Middle School

Elementary

  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • Lincoln Elementary School
  • McDonald Elementary School
  • Cody Elementary School
  • Washington Elementary School
  • Eisenhower Elementary School
  • Lake Maloney Elementary School

Other schools

  • Buffalo Early Learning Center
  • Osgood Elementary School
Questions

North Platte snow day questions

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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.