Jamestown Public School District 1 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How many snow days does Jamestown have built in?

2 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “Storm Day”.

Q: Does Jamestown switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Jamestown has virtual learning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: When is the last day of school for Jamestown?

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Jamestown get?

About 46.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.8 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.1 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 Jamestown?

14 inches on March 1, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.8 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 91.1 inches.

Q: How does the Jamestown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Jamestown 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 Jamestown’s own big snow morning: 5.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.8 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Jamestown close tomorrow?

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

The Jamestown playbook

How Jamestown calls a snow day

How families hear

“In the event of severe inclement weather or other emergencies, school may be closed or starting time delayed. The same conditions may also necessitate early dismissal. Announcements of school closing will be made through available media.”

Jamestown High School Handbook: School Dismissal and Late Starts

Delayed openings

“If school is scheduled one-hour late, students will report to their period two class at 9:30. If school is scheduled to start two-hours late, students will report to school at 10:30 and follow the 2-hour late schedule below:”

Delay schedule

2 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Storm Day”.

“April 19 Storm Day #1 (No School)”

Source

Virtual learning days

Jamestown has virtual learning days in its winter plan.

“The District may temporarily offer virtual instruction when weather or other conditions require the Superintendent or designee to cancel hours of instruction.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 20, 2026
Winter break Dec 19 to Jan 3
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

“The Board authorizes the Superintendent to delay the opening of, dismiss early, or close district schools in the event of hazardous weather, an epidemic, or other unexpected and extraordinary circumstances that threaten the health and/or safety of students and employees.”

Board policy

Read from Jamestown’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is jamestown.k12.nd.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Jamestown’s snow record

46.7inches of snow a winter

5.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

5.7 ina big snow morning in Jamestown: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

30.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 80% of the 123 North Dakota districts with a station record.

3.8Nov

15.4Dec

6Jan

4.5Feb

8.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on March 1, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 91.1 in
6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
1 in mornings 9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.8 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 North Dakota rule

How North Dakota counts a lost day

North Dakota requires at least 962.5 hours of instruction for elementary students and 1,050 hours for middle and high school students. When weather cancels or cuts short a day, only the lost hours have to be made up, and only if losing them would put the school under its yearly hours.

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

Next door

Districts near Jamestown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Devils Lake Public School District 1Devils Lake			2
West Fargo Public School District 6West Fargo	46.5 in	1.3	1
Fargo Public School District 1Fargo	48.5 in	2	2
Bismarck Public School District 1Bismarck	50.2 in	1.5	2
Grand Forks Public School District 1Grand Forks	56.5 in	1.9	2
Mandan Public School District 1Mandan	50.2 in	1.5	2

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Jamestown High School

Middle

Jamestown Middle School

Elementary

William S Gussner Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Louis L'amour Elementary School
Washington Elementary School

Questions

Jamestown snow day questions

How many snow days does Jamestown have built in?

Does Jamestown switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Jamestown?

How much snow does Jamestown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Jamestown?

How does the Jamestown snow day predictor work?

How does North Dakota handle snow days?

More winter

More for North Dakota 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.North Dakota winter forecastThe season ahead for North Dakota: 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.