Goshen, Indiana, 6,221 students in 9 schools

Goshen Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Goshen get?

About 30.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.6 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 Goshen?

13 inches on November 12, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 52.9 inches.

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

Goshen 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 Goshen 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 Goshen’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.6 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Goshen close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Goshen’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 Goshen: 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 1.6 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 Goshen

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Fairfield Community SchoolsGoshen	30.2 in	0.6
Concord Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6
Middlebury Community SchoolsMiddlebury	30.2 in	0.6
Baugo Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6
Wawasee Community School CorporationSyracuse	34.8 in	0.6
Wa-Nee Community SchoolsNappanee	32.1 in	0.6

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Goshen High School

Middle

Goshen Junior High School
Goshen Intermediate School

Elementary

Model Elementary School
Waterford Elementary School
Prairie View Elementary School
West Goshen Elementary School
Chamberlain Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School

Questions

Goshen snow day questions

How much snow does Goshen get?

What was the biggest snow day near Goshen?

Does Goshen get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Goshen 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.