East Chicago, Indiana, 3,074 students in 7 schools

City of East Chicago School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does East Chicago get?

About 25.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near City of East Chicago?

14.8 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 43.3 inches.

Q: Does City of East Chicago get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

City of East Chicago averages 0.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the City of East Chicago snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for East Chicago 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 City of East Chicago’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in City of East Chicago, measured against City of East Chicago's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will City of East Chicago close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

City of East Chicago’s snow record

25.8inches of snow a winter

2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

4.5 ina big snow morning in City of East Chicago: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

2.2Nov

3.6Dec

7.8Jan

9.4Feb

2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.8 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 43.3 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 4.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.8 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 City of East Chicago

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Gary Community School CorporationGary	25.8 in	0.9
Whiting School CityWhiting	25.8 in	0.9
Hammond School CityHammond	25.8 in	0.9
Munster School TownMunster	25.8 in	0.9
Highland School TownHighland	25.8 in	0.9
Lake Ridge SchoolsGary	26.9 in	0.7

The schools

7 schools

Every school in City of East Chicago follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

East Chicago Central High School

Middle

Joseph Block Middle School

Elementary

William McKinley Elementary School
George Washington Elementary Sch
Benjamin Harrison Elementary Sch
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Other schools

Carrie Gosch PK Center

Questions

City of East Chicago snow day questions

How much snow does East Chicago get?

What was the biggest snow day near City of East Chicago?

Does City of East Chicago get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the City of East Chicago 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.