Hartford City, Indiana, 1,471 students in 3 schools

Blackford County Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hartford City get?

About 23.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Blackford?

8 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 32 inches.

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

Blackford 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 Blackford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hartford City 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 Blackford’s own big snow morning: 2.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Blackford, measured against Blackford's own big snow morning of 2.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Blackford close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Blackford’s snow record

23.4inches of snow a winter

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

0.6with 4 in or more

2.3 ina big snow morning in Blackford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

2.4Nov

4Dec

6.2Jan

7.3Feb

2.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 32 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 3.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 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 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 Blackford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Delaware Community School CorporationMuncie	18.9 in	0.3
Eastbrook Community School CorporationMarion	19 in	0.5
Mississinewa Community School CorporationGas City	19 in	0.5
Madison-Grant United School CorporationFairmount	19 in	0.5
Liberty-Perry Community School CorporationSelma	18.9 in	0.3
Marion Community SchoolsMarion	19 in	0.5

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Blackford Jr-Sr High School

Elementary

Blackford Intermediate School
Blackford Primary School

Questions

Blackford snow day questions

How much snow does Hartford City get?

What was the biggest snow day near Blackford?

Does Blackford get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Blackford snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

More winter

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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.