Brazil, Indiana, 4,114 students in 10 schools

Clay Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Brazil get?

About 10.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Clay?

8.5 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 22.9 inches.

Q: How does the Clay snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Brazil 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 Clay’s own big snow morning: 2.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Clay 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 Clay, measured against Clay's own big snow morning of 2.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Clay close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Clay’s snow record

10.7inches of snow a winter

1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.2with 4 in or more

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

0.8Nov

2.3Dec

4.1Jan

2.8Feb

0.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.5 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 22.9 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10 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 Clay

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Vigo County School CorporationTerre Haute	11.3 in	0.3	1
Southwest Parke Community School CorporationMontezuma	11.2 in	0.1
South Putnam Community SchoolsGreencastle	18.9 in	0.4
Greencastle Community School CorporationGreencastle	18.9 in	0.4
Cloverdale Community SchoolsCloverdale	10.3 in	0.5
North Central Parke Community School CorporationRockville	11.2 in	0.1

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Northview High School
Clay City Jr-Sr High School, Clay City

Middle

North Clay Middle School

Elementary

Staunton Elementary School
Clay City Elementary School, Clay City
Meridian Street Elementary School
Forest Park Elementary School
Van Buren Elementary School
Jackson Township Elementary School
East Side Elementary School

Questions

Clay snow day questions

How much snow does Brazil get?

What was the biggest snow day near Clay?

How does the Clay snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Clay 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.