East Porter County School Corporation Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in East Porter, measured against East Porter's own big snow morning of 2.9 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will East Porter close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Kouts.
Ten winters of school mornings
East Porter’s snow record
22.5inches of snow a winter
2.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.5with 4 in or more
2.9 ina big snow morning in East Porter: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
5.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
1.3Nov
4.1Dec
7.9Jan
7Feb
1.4Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 8 in on December 18, 2016
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 41.3 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 4.9 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.1 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 East Porter follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Washington Twp Middle/High School, Valparaiso
Morgan Township Middle/High School, Valparaiso
Kouts Middle/High School
Elementary
Washington Twp Elementary School, Valparaiso
Morgan Township Elementary School, Valparaiso
Kouts Elementary School
Questions
East Porter snow day questions
About 22.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.
8 inches on December 18, 2016, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 41.3 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kouts 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 Porter’s own big snow morning: 2.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.1 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.
