Winamac, Indiana, 1,088 students in 3 schools

Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Winamac get?

About 18.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Eastern Pulaski?

9.1 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 30.8 inches.

Q: Does Eastern Pulaski get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Eastern Pulaski 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 Eastern Pulaski snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Winamac 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 Eastern Pulaski’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Eastern Pulaski, measured against Eastern Pulaski's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Eastern Pulaski close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Eastern Pulaski’s snow record

18.3inches of snow a winter

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

0.6with 4 in or more

2.5 ina big snow morning in Eastern Pulaski: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

6.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

2Nov

2.4Dec

7.2Jan

4.7Feb

1.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.1 in on November 30, 2025
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 30.8 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.5 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 Eastern Pulaski

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Knox Community School CorporationKnox	25.5 in	0.5
Rochester Community School CorporationRochester	18.2 in	0.5
Twin Lakes School CorporationMonticello	16.4 in	0.5
Logansport Community School CorporationLogansport	12.4 in	0.4
Plymouth Community School CorporationPlymouth	46.7 in	1
East Porter County School CorporationKouts	22.5 in	0.5

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Winamac Community High School

Middle

Winamac Community Middle School

Elementary

Eastern Pulaski Elementary School

Questions

Eastern Pulaski snow day questions

How much snow does Winamac get?

What was the biggest snow day near Eastern Pulaski?

Does Eastern Pulaski get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Eastern Pulaski snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

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.