Waterloo, Indiana, 3,578 students in 6 schools

DeKalb County Central United School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Waterloo get?

About 28.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.1 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 DeKalb County Central United?

8.5 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 48 inches.

Q: How does the DeKalb County Central United snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Waterloo 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 DeKalb County Central United’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.6 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the DeKalb County Central United 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 DeKalb County Central United, measured against DeKalb County Central United's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will DeKalb County Central United close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

DeKalb County Central United’s snow record

28.7inches of snow a winter

2.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

2.5 ina big snow morning in DeKalb County Central United: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

4.3Nov

4.4Dec

8.6Jan

7.5Feb

2.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.5 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 48 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 5.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.6 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 DeKalb County Central United

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community SchoolsGarrett	22.5 in	0.8
DeKalb County Eastern Community School DistrictButler	27.3 in	0.3
East Noble School CorporationKendallville	26 in	0.7
Northwest Allen County SchoolsFort Wayne	26.3 in	0.6
Steuben County Metropolitan School DistrictAngola	28.7 in	0.6
Prairie Heights Community School CorporationLaGrange	28.7 in	0.6

The schools

6 schools

Every school in DeKalb County Central United follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

DeKalb High School

Middle

DeKalb Middle School

Elementary

McKenney-Harrison Elementary Sch, Auburn
James R Watson Elementary School, Auburn
Country Meadow Elementary School, Ashley
Waterloo Elementary School

Questions

DeKalb County Central United snow day questions

How much snow does Waterloo get?

What was the biggest snow day near DeKalb County Central United?

How does the DeKalb County Central United snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the DeKalb County Central United 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.