122 Tennessee school districts, each read against its own snow
Tennessee Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings for any Tennessee ZIP, with every district’s snow record and the rules Tennessee sets for a lost day.
Your district, your mornings
Snow day odds for your Tennessee ZIP
The next school morning
Tomorrow in Tennessee
The state’s biggest districts, each read against its own forecast and its own big snow morning.
- ShelbyMemphisReading the forecast
- Metropolitan NashvilleNashvilleReading the forecast
- KnoxKnoxvilleReading the forecast
- RutherfordMurfreesboroReading the forecast
- HamiltonChattanoogaReading the forecast
- WilliamsonFranklinReading the forecast
122
Tennessee school districts
68 with a page of their own
3.7
Inches of snow a winter, typical district
the median across the state
0.4
School mornings a winter with 2 in or more
in a typical district
0.1
With 4 in or more
the mornings that close schools
The Tennessee rules
How Tennessee counts a snow day
The school year
Tennessee requires at least 180 days of classroom instruction, with a 6.5 hour instructional day.
“One hundred eighty (180) days for classroom instruction”Tenn. Code Ann. 49-6-3004(a)(1)
Forgiven days
A district that runs a half hour longer than the required 6.5 hour day all year banks the extra time as up to 13 stockpile days, which can cover days lost to dangerous or extreme weather.
“The excess instructional time may be accumulated in amounts up to, but not exceeding, thirteen (13) instructional days each year, referred to as 'stockpile days'.”Tenn. Code Ann. 49-6-3004
Remote days that count
A district may move a class, a school or every school to remote instruction for dangerous or extreme weather; up to 5 days each semester of the required 180 may be delivered remotely.
“An LEA may provide up to five (5) days each semester of the required one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) via remote instruction in accordance with this subsection (i).”Tenn. Code Ann. 49-6-3004(i)(1)
From the Tennessee Department of Education and the state code, read October 8, 2026.
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The snowiest school mornings in Tennessee
Where Tennessee’s 4 inch mornings pile up
Ranked by weekday mornings from December through March with 4 inches or more of new snow at the 7 am reading, averaged over ten winters at each district’s nearest NOAA weather station.
| # | District | 4 in mornings a winter | Snow a winter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren County School DistrictMcMinnville | 0.5 | 9.4 in |
| 2 | Greene County School DistrictGreeneville | 0.3 | 7.2 in |
| 3 | Union County School DistrictMaynardville | 0.3 | 6.6 in |
| 4 | Hardin County School DistrictSavannah | 0.3 | 4.5 in |
| 5 | Tipton County School DistrictCovington | 0.3 | 4.4 in |
| 6 | Knox County School DistrictKnoxville | 0.3 | 4.3 in |
| 7 | Weakley County School DistrictDresden | 0.3 | 3.9 in |
| 8 | Shelby County School DistrictMemphis | 0.3 | 3.7 in |
| 9 | Lauderdale County School DistrictRipley | 0.3 | 3.5 in |
| 10 | Bedford County School DistrictShelbyville | 0.3 | 3.1 in |
Built in snow days
How many snow days Tennessee districts plan for
5 Tennessee districts print a number of snow days on their own 2026 to 2027 calendars. A closing inside that number leaves the calendar as printed; one past it is made up, usually from a break or the end of the year.
From the most built in to the fewest
Every district in Tennessee
All 122 Tennessee school districts
Snow a winter and 4 inch mornings come from each district’s nearest NOAA weather station over ten winters. Built in days are the district’s own, read from its calendar. Every linked district has a page with its live odds, its snow record and its schools.
122 districts
| District | Students | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County School DistrictMemphis | 110,057 | 3.7 in | 0.3 | |
| Metropolitan Nashville Public School DistrictNashville | 80,468 | 4.1 in | 0.2 | 7 |
| Knox County School DistrictKnoxville | 60,604 | 4.3 in | 0.3 | 8 |
| Rutherford County School DistrictMurfreesboro | 51,595 | |||
| Hamilton County School DistrictChattanooga | 45,790 | 1.2 in | 0 | |
| Williamson County School DistrictFranklin | 41,909 | 10 | ||
| Clarksville-Montgomery County School SystemClarksville | 39,345 | |||
| Sumner County School DistrictGallatin | 30,661 | 4.1 in | 0.1 | |
| Wilson County School DistrictLebanon | 20,548 | 4.1 in | 0.2 | 10 |
| Sevier County School DistrictKodak | 14,435 | 2.4 in | 0.1 | |
| Maury County School DistrictColumbia | 13,084 | 8 | ||
| Jackson-Madison County School SystemJackson | 12,662 | 3.7 in | 0 | |
| Putnam County School DistrictCookeville | 11,762 | 2.2 in | 0 | |
| Robertson County School DistrictSpringfield | 11,404 | 3.9 in | 0.1 | |
| Bradley County School DistrictCleveland | 10,336 | 0.4 in | 0 | |
| Hamblen County School DistrictMorristown | 10,287 | 4.5 in | 0.1 | |
| Blount County School DistrictMaryville | 10,191 | 4.8 in | 0.2 | |
| Tipton County School DistrictCovington | 10,092 | 4.4 in | 0.3 | |
| Murfreesboro City School DistrictMurfreesboro | 9,402 | |||
| Collierville School DistrictCollierville | 9,367 | 1.1 in | 0 | |
| Bartlett City School DistrictBartlett | 8,999 | 4.3 in | 0.1 | |
| Bedford County School DistrictShelbyville | 8,994 | 3.1 in | 0.3 | |
| Washington County School DistrictJonesborough | 8,103 | 4.8 in | 0.2 | |
| Sullivan County School DistrictBlountville | 8,082 | 7.4 in | 0 | |
| Dickson County School DistrictDickson | 8,009 | |||
| Johnson City School DistrictJohnson City | 7,936 | 5.8 in | 0 | |
| Kingsport City School DistrictKingsport | 7,653 | 3.4 in | 0 | |
| Cumberland County School DistrictCrossville | 7,093 | 2.2 in | 0 | |
| Lawrence County School DistrictLawrenceburg | 6,951 | 2.7 in | 0.2 | |
| Jefferson County School DistrictDandridge | 6,854 | 6.4 in | 0.2 | |
| Warren County School DistrictMcMinnville | 6,447 | 9.4 in | 0.5 | |
| Roane County School DistrictKingston | 6,318 | 2 in | 0.1 | |
| Hawkins County School DistrictRogersville | 6,223 | 3.4 in | 0.1 | |
| Anderson County School DistrictClinton | 6,157 | 3.2 in | 0.1 | |
| Greene County School DistrictGreeneville | 6,121 | 7.2 in | 0.3 | |
| Germantown Municipal School DistrictGermantown | 6,028 | 3.6 in | 0.2 | |
| Cleveland City School DistrictCleveland | 5,845 | 0.4 in | 0 | |
| Union County School DistrictMaynardville | 5,704 | 6.6 in | 0.3 | |
| Cheatham County School DistrictAshland City | 5,629 | |||
| Marshall County School DistrictLewisburg | 5,452 | |||
| Campbell County School DistrictJacksboro | 5,210 | 3.2 in | 0.1 | |
| McMinn County School DistrictAthens | 5,126 | 2.2 in | 0 | |
| Loudon County School DistrictLoudon | 5,011 | 5.5 in | 0.2 | |
| Monroe County School DistrictMadisonville | 5,011 | 2.2 in | 0 | |
| Oak Ridge City School DistrictOak Ridge | 5,002 | 5.5 in | 0.2 | |
| Franklin County School DistrictWinchester | 4,977 | 3.7 in | 0.1 | |
| Johnson County School DistrictMountain City | 4,788 | 9.3 in | 0.2 | |
| Carter County School DistrictElizabethton | 4,630 | 5.8 in | 0 | |
| Arlington Community School DistrictArlington | 4,592 | 4.3 in | 0.1 | |
| Coffee County School DistrictManchester | 4,376 | 3.1 in | 0.3 | |
| Lebanon Special School DistrictLebanon | 4,373 | 4.1 in | 0.2 | |
| Cocke County School DistrictNewport | 4,295 | 2.7 in | 0 | |
| Macon County School DistrictLafayette | 4,235 | 4.1 in | 0.1 | |
| Bristol City School DistrictBristol | 4,082 | 7.7 in | 0.1 | |
| Claiborne County School DistrictTazewell | 4,061 | 5.6 in | 0.2 | |
| Henderson County School DistrictLexington | 4,045 | 3 in | 0.1 | |
| Marion County School DistrictJasper | 3,996 | 2.4 in | 0.1 | |
| Weakley County School DistrictDresden | 3,932 | 3.9 in | 0.3 | |
| Lincoln County School DistrictFayetteville | 3,930 | 2.1 in | 0.2 | |
| Gibson County School DistrictDyer | 3,921 | 4 in | 0.1 | |
| Rhea County School DistrictDayton | 3,920 | 1.2 in | 0.1 | |
| White County School DistrictSparta | 3,851 | 2.2 in | 0 | |
| McNairy County School DistrictSelmer | 3,822 | 1.9 in | 0.1 | |
| Tullahoma City School DistrictTullahoma | 3,649 | 3.1 in | 0.3 | |
| Giles County School DistrictPulaski | 3,644 | 2.7 in | 0.2 | |
| Dyer County School DistrictDyersburg | 3,611 | 3.3 in | 0.1 | |
| Lauderdale County School DistrictRipley | 3,360 | 3.5 in | 0.3 | |
| Hardin County School DistrictSavannah | 3,359 | 4.5 in | 0.3 | |
| Hardeman County School DistrictBolivar | 3,207 | 2.6 in | 0.2 | |
| Fayette County School DistrictSomerville | 3,195 | 3.3 in | 0.2 | |
| Franklin Special School DistrictFranklin | 3,152 | |||
| Hickman County School DistrictCenterville | 3,061 | |||
| Smith County School DistrictCarthage | 3,033 | 4.2 in | 0.2 | |
| Lewis County School DistrictHohenwald | 3,013 | |||
| Henry County School DistrictParis | 3,007 | 3.6 in | 0 | |
| Grainger County School DistrictRutledge | 2,986 | 6.4 in | 0.2 | |
| Overton County School DistrictLivingston | 2,969 | |||
| Obion County School DistrictUnion City | 2,960 | 4.5 in | 0.1 | |
| DeKalb County School DistrictSmithville | 2,933 | 2.2 in | 0 | |
| Morgan County School DistrictWartburg | 2,831 | 2 in | 0.1 | |
| Chester County School DistrictHenderson | 2,782 | 3.7 in | 0 | |
| Elizabethton City School DistrictElizabethton | 2,689 | 5.8 in | 0 | |
| Millington Municipal School DistrictMillington | 2,646 | 4.3 in | 0.1 | |
| Humphreys County School DistrictWaverly | 2,624 | 3.5 in | 0.1 | |
| Haywood County School DistrictBrownsville | 2,574 | 3.5 in | 0.3 | |
| Scott County School DistrictHuntsville | 2,505 | 6 in | 0.3 | |
| Lakeland School System DistrictLakeland | 2,339 | 4.3 in | 0.1 | |
| Fentress County School DistrictJamestown | 2,280 | 6 in | 0.3 | |
| Alcoa City School DistrictAlcoa | 2,201 | 4.8 in | 0.2 | |
| Unicoi County School DistrictErwin | 2,152 | 4.8 in | 0.2 | |
| Wayne County School DistrictWaynesboro | 2,149 | |||
| Polk County School DistrictBenton | 2,131 | 0.4 in | 0 | |
| Benton County School DistrictCamden | 2,130 | 3.5 in | 0.1 | |
| Stewart County School DistrictDover | 1,999 | 3.6 in | 0 | |
| Milan Special School DistrictMilan | 1,985 | 4 in | 0.1 | |
| Crockett County School DistrictAlamo | 1,981 | 3.3 in | 0.1 | |
| Sequatchie County School DistrictDunlap | 1,967 | 2.4 in | 0.1 | |
| Cannon County School DistrictWoodbury | 1,848 | |||
| Meigs County School DistrictDecatur | 1,786 | 3 in | 0.1 | |
| Grundy County School DistrictAltamont | 1,719 | 9.4 in | 0.5 | |
| Bledsoe County School DistrictPikeville | 1,650 | 3.2 in | 0.1 | |
| Sweetwater City School DistrictSweetwater | 1,500 | 3 in | 0.1 | |
| Decatur County School DistrictDecaturville | 1,498 | 2.6 in | 0.1 | |
| Jackson County School DistrictGainesboro | 1,431 | 4.2 in | 0.2 | |
| Trousdale County School DistrictHartsville | 1,415 | 4.1 in | 0.1 | |
| Trenton Special School DistrictTrenton | 1,366 | 4 in | 0.1 | |
| Huntingdon Special School DistrictHuntingdon | 1,358 | 3.8 in | 0.2 | |
| McKenzie Special School DistrictMcKenzie | 1,281 | 3.8 in | 0.2 | |
| Houston County School DistrictErin | 1,239 | 3.6 in | 0 | |
| Clay County School DistrictCelina | 1,070 | |||
| Perry County School DistrictLinden | 1,054 | 2.6 in | 0.1 | |
| Hancock County School DistrictSneedville | 907 | 3.4 in | 0.1 | |
| Moore County School DistrictLynchburg | 877 | 3.1 in | 0.3 | |
| West Carroll Special DistrictAtwood | 783 | 4 in | 0.1 | |
| Van Buren County School DistrictSpencer | 754 | 2.2 in | 0 | |
| Lake County School DistrictTiptonville | 730 | 1.4 in | 0.1 | |
| Hollow Rock-Bruceton Special School DistrictBruceton | 647 | 3.8 in | 0.2 | |
| Bradford Special School DistrictBradford | 627 | 4 in | 0.1 | |
| Alamo City School DistrictAlamo | 607 | 3.3 in | 0.1 | |
| Pickett County School DistrictByrdstown | 587 | |||
| Bells City School DistrictBells | 411 | 3.3 in | 0.1 | |
| South Carroll Special School DistrictClarksburg | 339 | 3.8 in | 0.2 |
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The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.