Goshen, Indiana, 2,157 students in 4 schools

Fairfield Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Goshen get?

About 30.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.2 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 Fairfield?

13 inches on November 12, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 52.9 inches.

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

Fairfield 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 Fairfield snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Goshen 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 Fairfield’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.5 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Fairfield close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Fairfield’s snow record

30.2inches of snow a winter

3.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

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

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

5.2Nov

4.7Dec

9.6Jan

7.5Feb

2.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13 in on November 12, 2019
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 52.9 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 6 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 Fairfield

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Goshen Community SchoolsGoshen	30.2 in	0.6
Wawasee Community School CorporationSyracuse	34.8 in	0.6
Middlebury Community SchoolsMiddlebury	30.2 in	0.6
Concord Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6
West Noble School CorporationLigonier	35.1 in	0.5
Wa-Nee Community SchoolsNappanee	32.1 in	0.6

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Fairfield Jr-Sr High School

Elementary

New Paris Elementary School, New Paris
Benton Elementary School
Millersburg Elementary- Middle Sch, Millersburg

Questions

Fairfield snow day questions

How much snow does Goshen get?

What was the biggest snow day near Fairfield?

Does Fairfield get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Fairfield 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.