Garrett, Indiana, 1,657 students in 3 schools

Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Garrett get?

About 22.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Garrett-Keyser-Butler?

9 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 39.2 inches.

Q: Does Garrett-Keyser-Butler get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Garrett-Keyser-Butler averages 0.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 88 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Garrett-Keyser-Butler snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Garrett 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 Garrett-Keyser-Butler’s own big snow morning: 3.2 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 Garrett-Keyser-Butler, measured against Garrett-Keyser-Butler's own big snow morning of 3.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Garrett-Keyser-Butler close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Garrett-Keyser-Butler’s snow record

22.5inches of snow a winter

2.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

3.2 ina big snow morning in Garrett-Keyser-Butler: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

2.1Nov

3.7Dec

7.6Jan

7Feb

1.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 39.2 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 5.1 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 Garrett-Keyser-Butler

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
DeKalb County Central United School DistrictWaterloo	28.7 in	0.5
Northwest Allen County SchoolsFort Wayne	26.3 in	0.6
East Noble School CorporationKendallville	26 in	0.7
Smith-Green Community SchoolsChurubusco	26 in	0.7
DeKalb County Eastern Community School DistrictButler	27.3 in	0.3
Central Noble Community School CorporationAlbion	31.3 in	0.4

The schools

3 schools

Every school in Garrett-Keyser-Butler follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Garrett High School

Middle

Garrett Middle School

Elementary

J E Ober Elementary School

Questions

Garrett-Keyser-Butler snow day questions

How much snow does Garrett get?

What was the biggest snow day near Garrett-Keyser-Butler?

Does Garrett-Keyser-Butler get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Garrett-Keyser-Butler 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.