Franklin, Indiana, 4,883 students in 8 schools

Franklin Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Franklin get?

About 18.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.1 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 Franklin Community School Corporation?

8.3 inches on March 25, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 32.4 inches.

Q: Does Franklin Community School Corporation get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Franklin Community School Corporation 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 Franklin Community School Corporation snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Franklin 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 Franklin Community School Corporation’s own big snow morning: 1.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Franklin Community School Corporation, measured against Franklin Community School Corporation's own big snow morning of 1.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Franklin Community School Corporation close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Franklin Community School Corporation’s snow record

18.8inches of snow a winter

1.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

1.9 ina big snow morning in Franklin Community School Corporation: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

1.4Nov

3.4Dec

6.1Jan

5.1Feb

2.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.3 in on March 25, 2018
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 32.4 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Franklin Community School Corporation

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Clark-Pleasant Community School CorporationWhiteland	18.8 in	0.6
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School CorporationTrafalgar	18.8 in	0.6
Greenwood Community School CorporationGreenwood	18.8 in	0.6
Center Grove Community School CorporationGreenwood	18.8 in	0.6
Northwestern Consolidated School CorporationFairland	11 in	0.6
Perry Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis	15.2 in	0.4

The schools

8 schools

Every school in Franklin Community School Corporation follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Franklin Community High School

Middle

Franklin Community Middle School
Custer Baker Intermediate School

Elementary

Creekside Elementary School
Northwood Elementary School
Needham Elementary School
Webb Elementary School
Union Elementary School, Bargersville

Questions

Franklin Community School Corporation snow day questions

How much snow does Franklin get?

What was the biggest snow day near Franklin Community School Corporation?

Does Franklin Community School Corporation get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Franklin Community School Corporation 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.