Decatur County Community Schools Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Decatur, measured against Decatur's own big snow morning of 2.4 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Decatur close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Greensburg.
Ten winters of school mornings
Decatur’s snow record
16.4inches of snow a winter
1.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.3with 4 in or more
2.4 ina big snow morning in Decatur: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.7Nov
2.8Dec
6.9Jan
4.4Feb
1.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 10.4 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 26.2 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.8 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 14.1 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.
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The Indiana rule
How Indiana counts a lost day
Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.
Every school in Decatur follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
North Decatur Jr-Sr High School
South Decatur Jr-Sr High School
Elementary
North Decatur Elementary School
South Decatur Elementary School
Questions
Decatur snow day questions
About 16.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 14.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.
10.4 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 14.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 26.2 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Greensburg 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 Decatur’s own big snow morning: 2.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 14.1 miles away.
Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.
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 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.
