North Dakota snow day predictor
Nothing in the North Dakota forecast this week that closes schools · Fargo averages 53 in a year, Dickinson 35 in
North Dakota towns, ranked
- Fargoaverages 53 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- West Fargoaverages 51 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Bismarckaverages 51 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Mandanaverages 51 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Grand Forksaverages 49 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Willistonaverages 48 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Jamestownaverages 46 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Minotaverages 45 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Dickinsonaverages 35 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
How snow days work in North Dakota
There is no single North Dakota snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Fargo averages 53 inches of snow a year against Dickinson’s 35, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.