The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Borden-Henryville, measured against Borden-Henryville's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Borden-Henryville close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Memphis.
Ten winters of school mornings
Borden-Henryville’s snow record
11.7inches of snow a winter
1.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.3with 4 in or more
2.8 ina big snow morning in Borden-Henryville: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.4Nov
1.5Dec
5.4Jan
2.5Feb
1.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 9 in on January 5, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 22.7 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 2.8 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 21.5 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.
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The Indiana rule
How Indiana counts a lost day
Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.
Every school in Borden-Henryville follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Henryville Jr & Sr High School, Henryville
William W Borden High School, Borden
Elementary
Henryville Elementary School, Henryville
William W Borden Elementary School, Borden
Questions
Borden-Henryville snow day questions
About 11.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 21.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.
9 inches on January 5, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 21.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 22.7 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Memphis 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 Borden-Henryville’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 21.5 miles away.
Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.
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 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.
