Brownsburg Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How long is a delayed start in Brownsburg?

2 hours: on a delay morning every school starts that much later.

Q: When is the last day of school for Brownsburg?

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Brownsburg get?

About 18.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Brownsburg?

9 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 30.3 inches.

Q: How does the Brownsburg snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Brownsburg 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 Brownsburg’s own big snow morning: 2.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.6 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Brownsburg close tomorrow?

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

The Brownsburg playbook

How Brownsburg calls a snow day

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Buses will pick up students two hours later, with the exception of ECC PM Preschool, which picks up 1 hour later.”

Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

The 2026-27 calendar names Jan 18 (MLK Day), Feb 15 (Presidents Day) and June 1 to 4 as snow make-up days if needed.

Make up dates: Jan 18, Feb 15, Jun 1, Jun 2, Jun 3, Jun 4.

“Jan 18 - Martin Luther King Holiday/Snow Make-up, if needed”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day July 29, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. Schools closed Monday, January 26, 2026 for inclement weather.
“Due to inclement weather, Brownsburg Schools will be closed Monday, January 26, 2026. When school is cancelled in Brownsburg, BOOST is also closed.”
News report

Read from Brownsburg’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is brownsburg.k12.in.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Brownsburg’s snow record

18.9inches of snow a winter

1.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

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

1.2Nov

3.5Dec

6.1Jan

4.8Feb

2.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 30.3 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.6 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 Brownsburg

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Avon Community School CorporationAvon	17.2 in	0.4	5
Pike Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis	13.9 in	0.6	1
Speedway School TownSpeedway	17.2 in	0.2
Wayne Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis	17.2 in	0.2	2
North West Hendricks SchoolsLizton	13.5 in	0.3
Danville Community School CorporationDanville	18.9 in	0.4

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Brownsburg High School

Middle

Brownsburg West Middle School
Brownsburg East Middle School

Elementary

Crossroads Elementary School
Brown Elementary School
Cardinal Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Eagle Elementary School
Reagan Elementary School
Delaware Trail Elementary School
White Lick Elementary School

Other schools

Brownsburg Early Childhood Center

Questions

Brownsburg snow day questions

How long is a delayed start in Brownsburg?

When is the last day of school for Brownsburg?

How much snow does Brownsburg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Brownsburg?

How does the Brownsburg snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

More winter

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