Clarksville, Indiana, 4,824 students in 5 schools

Clarksville Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Clarksville get?

About 11.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.8 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.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Clarksville?

9 inches on January 5, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 22.7 inches.

Q: How does the Clarksville snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Clarksville 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 Clarksville’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.8 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Clarksville 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 Clarksville, measured against Clarksville's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Clarksville close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Clarksville’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 Clarksville: 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 8.8 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 Clarksville

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated SchoolsNew Albany	11.7 in	0.3
Greater Clark County SchoolsJeffersonville	11.7 in	0.3	3
Silver Creek School CorporationSellersburg	11.7 in	0.3
Borden-Henryville School CorpMemphis	11.7 in	0.3
East Washington School CorporationPekin	13.3 in	0.6
South Harrison Community SchoolsCorydon	11.7 in	0.3

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Clarksville Senior High School
Indiana Gateway Alternative School

Middle

Clarksville Middle School

Elementary

Clarksville Elementary School

Other schools

Indiana Gateway Digital Academy

Questions

Clarksville snow day questions

How much snow does Clarksville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Clarksville?

How does the Clarksville snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Clarksville snow day predictor look?

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.