East Allen County Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does East Allen announce a snow day?

By the district website and social media, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: Does East Allen switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. East Allen has eLearning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: How long is a delayed start in East Allen?

2 hours: on a delay morning every school starts that much later.

Q: When is the last day of school for East Allen?

May 26, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does New Haven get?

About 26.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: How does the East Allen snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Haven 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 East Allen’s own big snow morning: 2.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.5 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will East Allen close tomorrow?

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

The East Allen playbook

How East Allen calls a snow day

How families hear

By the district website and social media.

“All school delays and closings will be posted on our East Allen County Schools website: www.EACS.k12.in.us, as well as on our Facebook page and Twitter.”

eLearning Information | East Allen County Schools

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“However, in the event of inclement weather, we will need to implement delays (2 or 3 hour) and closings.”

eLearning days

East Allen has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“The link below is a document that helps explain the two different types of virtual learning that can be used, eLearning/Synchronous Learning or Asynchronous Learning. Typically EACS uses eLearning/Synchronous Learning.”

Source

Making up a lost day

Extra days are added at the end of the year, beginning in May, if needed.

“If needed, additional days will be added beginning May .”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 12, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day May 26, 2027

District calendar

Read from East Allen’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is eacs.k12.in.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

East Allen’s snow record

26.3inches of snow a winter

2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

2.6 ina big snow morning in East Allen: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

2.7Nov

4.4Dec

8.6Jan

7.7Feb

2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.1 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 39.5 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 4.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.5 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 East Allen

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Fort Wayne Community SchoolsFort Wayne	26.3 in	0.6
Northwest Allen County SchoolsFort Wayne	26.3 in	0.6
Southwest Allen County Metropolitan School DistrictFort Wayne	24.5 in	0.4	2
Northern Wells Community SchoolsOssian	11.6 in	0.1
North Adams Community SchoolsDecatur	18.7 in	0.4
Smith-Green Community SchoolsChurubusco	26 in	0.7

The schools

14 schools

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

High

New Haven Jr/Sr High School
Leo Junior/Senior High School, Leo
Heritage Jr/Sr High School, Monroeville
Woodlan Jr/Sr High School, Woodburn
East Allen University, Fort Wayne

Middle

Leo Elementary School, Leo
Paul Harding Jr High School, Ft Wayne

Elementary

Cedarville Elementary School, Fort Wayne
Prince Chapman Academy, Fort Wayne
Southwick Elementary School, Fort Wayne
New Haven Intermediate School
Woodlan Elementary School, Woodburn
Heritage Elementary School, Monroeville
New Haven Primary School

Questions

East Allen snow day questions

How does East Allen announce a snow day?

Does East Allen switch to remote learning on a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in East Allen?

When is the last day of school for East Allen?

How much snow does New Haven get?

How does the East Allen snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

More winter

More for Indiana snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Indiana winter forecastThe season ahead for Indiana: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.