Pekin, Indiana, 1,355 students in 3 schools

East Washington School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Pekin get?

About 13.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 19.5 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near East Washington?

10.2 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 19.5 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 23.3 inches.

Q: Does East Washington get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

East Washington averages 0.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 63 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

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

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Pekin 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 Washington’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 19.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in East Washington, measured against East Washington's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will East Washington close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

East Washington’s snow record

13.3inches of snow a winter

1.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in East Washington: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

0.5Nov

2.3Dec

5.8Jan

4.6Feb

0Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.2 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 23.3 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 2.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 19.5 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 Washington

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Salem Community SchoolsSalem	13.3 in	0.6
Borden-Henryville School CorpMemphis	11.7 in	0.3
Silver Creek School CorporationSellersburg	11.7 in	0.3
North Harrison Community School CorporationRamsey	11.7 in	0.3
New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated SchoolsNew Albany	11.7 in	0.3
Scott County School District 2Scottsburg	13.3 in	0.6

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Eastern High School

Middle

East Washington Middle School

Elementary

East Washington Elementary School

Questions

East Washington snow day questions

How much snow does Pekin get?

What was the biggest snow day near East Washington?

Does East Washington get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the East Washington snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

More winter

More for Indiana snow days

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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.