Carmel Clay Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Carmel Clay announce a snow day?

By phone call, text message, email and local TV, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: When is the last day of school for Carmel Clay?

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

Q: How much snow does Carmel get?

About 11.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.6 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.9 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 Carmel Clay?

6.4 inches on January 6, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.6 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 18.5 inches.

Q: How does the Carmel Clay snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Carmel 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 Carmel Clay’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.6 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Carmel Clay close tomorrow?

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

The Carmel Clay playbook

How Carmel Clay calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, text message, email and local TV.

“During an emergency situation, Carmel Clay Schools will use the following channels to communicate with stakeholders in a timely and accurate manner: Phone Call Text Email Local News Media”

Emergency Communication - Carmel Clay Schools

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 12, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026: 1 day. A planned 2-hour delay became a district eLearning day the day before Jan 29, along with all Hamilton and Marion County schools.
“For example, today’s forecasted wind chill continued to drop, allowing us to confidently plan for a 2-hour delay. By early morning, however, wind chills remained dangerously low, and some buses experienced mechanical issues.”
District notice

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Carmel Clay’s snow record

11.9inches of snow a winter

0.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

2.8 ina big snow morning in Carmel Clay: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.8Nov

1.8Dec

4.9Jan

2.6Feb

1.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6.4 in on January 6, 2025
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 18.5 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.6 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 Carmel Clay

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Hamilton Southeastern SchoolsFishers	11.9 in	0.4
Washington Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis	19.9 in	0.3	2
Noblesville SchoolsNoblesville	11.9 in	0.4
Westfield-Washington SchoolsWestfield	11.9 in	0.4
Lawrence Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis	19.9 in	0.3
Zionsville Community SchoolsZionsville	13.9 in	0.6

The schools

15 schools

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

High

Carmel High School

Middle

Clay Middle School
Creekside Middle School
Carmel Middle School

Elementary

Cherry Tree Elementary School
Prairie Trace Elementary School
Clay Center Elementary School
Carmel Elementary School
Smoky Row Elementary School
Forest Dale Elementary School
College Wood Elementary School
Woodbrook Elementary School
West Clay Elementary School
Mohawk Trails Elementary School
Towne Meadow Elementary School

Questions

Carmel Clay snow day questions

How does Carmel Clay announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Carmel Clay?

How much snow does Carmel get?

What was the biggest snow day near Carmel Clay?

How does the Carmel Clay 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.