Muncie, Indiana, 2,555 students in 5 schools

Delaware Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Muncie get?

About 18.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.7 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 Delaware Community School Corporation?

6 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 32 inches.

Q: How does the Delaware Community School Corporation snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Muncie 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 Delaware Community School Corporation’s own big snow morning: 2.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Delaware Community School Corporation close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Delaware Community School Corporation’s snow record

18.9inches of snow a winter

1.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

2.3 ina big snow morning in Delaware Community School Corporation: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.3Nov

4.5Dec

6.8Jan

4.3Feb

1.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 32 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.7 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 Delaware Community School Corporation

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Liberty-Perry Community School CorporationSelma	18.9 in	0.3
Muncie Community SchoolsMuncie	18.9 in	0.3
Blackford County SchoolsHartford City	23.4 in	0.6
Yorktown Community SchoolsYorktown	18.9 in	0.3
Monroe Central School CorporationParker City	15.1 in	0.5
Daleville Community SchoolsDaleville	15.3 in	0.7

The schools

5 schools

Every school in Delaware Community School Corporation follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Delta High School

Middle

Delta Middle School

Elementary

Royerton Elementary School
Eaton Elementary School, Eaton
Albany Elementary School, Albany

Questions

Delaware Community School Corporation snow day questions

How much snow does Muncie get?

What was the biggest snow day near Delaware Community School Corporation?

How does the Delaware Community School Corporation snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Delaware Community School Corporation 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.