Hammond School City Snow Day Predictor

Q: Does Hammond switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Hammond has eLearning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: When is the last day of school for Hammond?

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Hammond get?

About 25.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.9 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 Hammond?

14.8 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 43.3 inches.

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

Hammond 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 Hammond snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hammond 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 Hammond’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Hammond close tomorrow?

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

The Hammond playbook

How Hammond calls a snow day

eLearning days

Hammond has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“School Cancelations: Students will follow the eLearning schedule”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 12, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. Inclement weather turned Friday, January 23, 2026 into a synchronous eLearning day for all students, with no in-person activities.
“Due to inclement weather, Friday will be a Synchronous eLearning Day for all students.”
District notice

Read from Hammond’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is hammond.k12.in.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Hammond’s snow record

25.8inches of snow a winter

2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

4.5 ina big snow morning in Hammond: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

2.2Nov

3.6Dec

7.8Jan

9.4Feb

2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.8 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 43.3 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 4.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.9 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 Hammond

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Munster School TownMunster	25.8 in	0.9
City of East Chicago School DistrictEast Chicago	25.8 in	0.9
Whiting School CityWhiting	25.8 in	0.9
Highland School TownHighland	25.8 in	0.9
Gary Community School CorporationGary	25.8 in	0.9
Griffith Public SchoolsGriffith	26.9 in	0.7

The schools

17 schools

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

High

Hammond Central High School
Morton Senior High School
Area Career Center

Middle

Henry W Eggers Middle School
Charles N Scott Middle School

Elementary

Washington Irving Elementary Sch
Joseph Hess Elementary School
Warren G Harding Elementary School
Thomas A Edison Elementary School
Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Morton Elementary School
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School
Lew Wallace Elementary School
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Kenwood Elementary School
Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch, Whiting

Questions

Hammond snow day questions

Does Hammond switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Hammond?

How much snow does Hammond get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hammond?

Does Hammond get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Hammond snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

More winter

More for Indiana snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Indiana winter forecastThe season ahead for Indiana: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.