Flora, Indiana, 1,039 students in 3 schools

Carroll Consolidated School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Flora get?

About 21.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.7 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Carroll?

7.5 inches on February 3, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.7 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 30.8 inches.

Q: How does the Carroll snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Flora 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 Carroll’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.7 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Carroll snow day predictor look?

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 odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Carroll, measured against Carroll's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Carroll close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Carroll’s snow record

21.1inches of snow a winter

1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Carroll: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1Nov

3Dec

6.4Jan

7.9Feb

1.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.5 in on February 3, 2022
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 30.8 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 4.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.7 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 Carroll

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Delphi Community School CorporationDelphi	21.1 in	0.5
Western School CorporationRussiaville	25.2 in	0.3
Lewis Cass SchoolsWalton	20.9 in	0.3
Logansport Community School CorporationLogansport	12.4 in	0.4
Twin Lakes School CorporationMonticello	16.4 in	0.5
Frankfort Community SchoolsFrankfort	17.9 in	0.4

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Carroll Senior High School

Middle

Carroll Junior High School

Elementary

Carroll Elementary School

Questions

Carroll snow day questions

How much snow does Flora get?

What was the biggest snow day near Carroll?

How does the Carroll snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Carroll snow day predictor look?

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.