Provo, Utah, 13,887 students in 22 schools

Provo School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Provo get?

About 29.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Provo?

9.1 inches on February 22, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 67.6 inches.

Q: How does the Provo snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Provo 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 Provo’s own big snow morning: 3.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

Q: How far ahead does the Provo snow day predictor look?

Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and breaks are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Provo, measured against Provo's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Provo close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Provo’s snow record

29.1inches of snow a winter

3.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

3.3 ina big snow morning in Provo: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.4Nov

6.7Dec

7.7Jan

8.2Feb

3.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.1 in on February 22, 2023
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 67.6 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 6.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Utah rule

How Utah counts a lost day

Utah requires at least 180 school days of educational services. No fixed count; a district that closes for snow and would fall short of 180 days can ask the State Superintendent for a waiver, granted without Board approval if it built contingency days into its calendar.

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

Next door

Districts near Provo

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Nebo School DistrictSpanish Fork	52.6 in	3.2
Alpine School DistrictAmerican Fork	18.7 in	0.3
Wasatch School DistrictHeber City	64.2 in	3.1
Canyons School DistrictSandy	55.2 in	2.8
Park City School DistrictPark City	134.5 in	7.9
Jordan School DistrictWest Jordan	42.4 in	2	1

The schools

22 schools

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

High

Timpview High
Provo High
Independence High
Provo Adult Education

Middle

Centennial Middle
Dixon Middle

Elementary

Lakeview School
Edgemont School
Westridge School
Sunset View School
Timpanogos School
Wasatch School
Provo Peaks School
Canyon Crest School
Rock Canyon School
Provost School
Spring Creek School
Amelia Earhart School
Franklin School

Other schools

Sunrise Preschool
Slate Mountain School
Provo eSchool

Questions

Provo snow day questions

How much snow does Provo get?

What was the biggest snow day near Provo?

How does the Provo snow day predictor work?

How does Utah handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Provo snow day predictor look?

More winter

More for Utah 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.Utah winter forecastThe season ahead for Utah: 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.