Anderson, Indiana, 3,075 students in 5 schools

Frankton-Lapel Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Anderson get?

About 15.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Frankton-Lapel?

8 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 27.6 inches.

Q: Does Frankton-Lapel get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Frankton-Lapel averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 80 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Frankton-Lapel snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Anderson 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 Frankton-Lapel’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Frankton-Lapel, measured against Frankton-Lapel's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Frankton-Lapel close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Frankton-Lapel’s snow record

15.3inches of snow a winter

1.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Frankton-Lapel: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 80% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

1.5Nov

3.7Dec

5.7Jan

3.1Feb

0.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 27.6 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.8 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 Frankton-Lapel

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Anderson Community School CorporationAnderson	15.3 in	0.7
Elwood Community School CorporationElwood	25 in	0.9
South Madison Community School CorporationPendleton	19.4 in	0.6
Hamilton Heights School CorporationArcadia	25 in	0.9
Alexandria Community School CorporationAlexandria	15.3 in	0.7
Noblesville SchoolsNoblesville	11.9 in	0.4

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Frankton Jr-Sr High School, Frankton
Lapel Sr High School, Lapel

Middle

Lapel Middle School, Lapel

Elementary

Frankton Elementary School, Frankton
Lapel Elementary School, Lapel

Questions

Frankton-Lapel snow day questions

How much snow does Anderson get?

What was the biggest snow day near Frankton-Lapel?

Does Frankton-Lapel get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Frankton-Lapel 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.