Arcadia, Indiana, 2,336 students in 3 schools

Hamilton Heights School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Arcadia get?

About 25 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Hamilton Heights?

8.5 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 36.4 inches.

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

Hamilton Heights averages 0.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Hamilton Heights snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Arcadia 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 Hamilton Heights’s own big snow morning: 3.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Hamilton Heights, measured against Hamilton Heights's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hamilton Heights close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hamilton Heights’s snow record

25inches of snow a winter

2.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

3.3 ina big snow morning in Hamilton Heights: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

1.9Nov

5.2Dec

7.7Jan

7.3Feb

1.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.5 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 36.4 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 4.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.4 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 Hamilton Heights

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Tipton Community School CorporationTipton	25 in	0.9
Noblesville SchoolsNoblesville	11.9 in	0.4
Westfield-Washington SchoolsWestfield	11.9 in	0.4
Sheridan Community SchoolsSheridan	25 in	0.9
Frankton-Lapel Community SchoolsAnderson	15.3 in	0.7
Elwood Community School CorporationElwood	25 in	0.9

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Hamilton Heights High School

Middle

Hamilton Heights Middle School

Elementary

Hamilton Heights Elementary School

Questions

Hamilton Heights snow day questions

How much snow does Arcadia get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hamilton Heights?

Does Hamilton Heights get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Hamilton Heights 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.