Elkhart, Indiana, 1,782 students in 4 schools

Baugo Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Elkhart get?

About 26.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Baugo?

8.5 inches on February 9, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 47.6 inches.

Q: Does Baugo get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Baugo averages 0.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 63 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Baugo snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Elkhart 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 Baugo’s own big snow morning: 2.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Baugo, measured against Baugo's own big snow morning of 2.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Baugo close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Baugo’s snow record

26.5inches of snow a winter

2.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

2.1 ina big snow morning in Baugo: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

3.6Nov

4.9Dec

8.3Jan

7.5Feb

1.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.5 in on February 9, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 47.6 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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 Indiana rule

How Indiana counts a lost day

Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.

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

Next door

Districts near Baugo

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Elkhart Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6	1
Concord Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6
Penn-Harris-Madison School CorporationMishawaka	26.5 in	0.6
Mishawaka School CityMishawaka	39.5 in	0.8
Goshen Community SchoolsGoshen	30.2 in	0.6
South Bend Community School CorporationSouth Bend	55.3 in	1.6

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Jimtown High School

Middle

Jimtown Junior High School

Elementary

Jimtown Intermediate School
Jimtown Elementary School

Questions

Baugo snow day questions

How much snow does Elkhart get?

What was the biggest snow day near Baugo?

Does Baugo get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Baugo snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

More winter

More for Indiana snow days

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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.