Kuna, Idaho, 5,795 students in 11 schools

Kuna Joint School District 3 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Kuna get?

About 13.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.5 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Kuna?

6 inches on January 14, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.5 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2023 to 2024, with 27.3 inches.

Q: How does the Kuna snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kuna 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 Kuna’s own big snow morning: 2.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.5 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Kuna 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 Kuna, measured against Kuna's own big snow morning of 2.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Kuna close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Kuna’s snow record

13.8inches of snow a winter

1.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.1with 4 in or more

2.4 ina big snow morning in Kuna: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.6Nov

3.5Dec

3.9Jan

4.4Feb

1.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6 in on January 14, 2024
Snowiest winter 2023 to 2024, 27.3 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.5 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 Idaho rule

How Idaho counts a lost day

Idaho requires at least 990 instructional hours for grades 9 to 12, 900 for grades 4 to 8, 810 for grades 1 to 3 and 450 for kindergarten. With local board approval, up to 11 hours of emergency closures for bad weather or facility failures can come off the yearly hours requirement.

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

Next door

Districts near Kuna

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Meridian Joint School District 2Meridian	16.5 in	0.2
Boise City Independent School District 1Boise	18.3 in	0.2
Nampa School District 131Nampa	16.5 in	0.2
Vallivue School District 139Caldwell	14.1 in	0.9
Caldwell School District 132Caldwell	14.1 in	0.9
Middleton School District 134Middleton	14.8 in	0.4

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Kuna High School
Swan Falls High School, Meridian
Initial Point High School

Middle

Kuna Middle School
Fremont H Teed Middle School

Elementary

Reed Elementary School
Silver Trail Elementary School, Meridian
Crimson Point Elementary School
Hubbard Elementary School
Indian Creek Elementary
Ross Elementary School

Questions

Kuna snow day questions

How much snow does Kuna get?

What was the biggest snow day near Kuna?

How does the Kuna snow day predictor work?

How does Idaho handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Kuna snow day predictor look?

More winter

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