Walkerton, Indiana, 2,000 students in 4 schools

John Glenn School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Walkerton get?

About 35.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.7 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 John Glenn?

8.9 inches on February 3, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 59.6 inches.

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

John Glenn 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 John Glenn snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Walkerton 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 John Glenn’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in John Glenn, measured against John Glenn's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will John Glenn close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

John Glenn’s snow record

35.6inches of snow a winter

3.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

3.1 ina big snow morning in John Glenn: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

4.3Nov

5.7Dec

11.6Jan

9.6Feb

3.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.9 in on February 3, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 59.6 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 7.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11 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 John Glenn

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Union-North United School CorporationLakeville	40.1 in	0.9
Plymouth Community School CorporationPlymouth	46.7 in	1
Knox Community School CorporationKnox	25.5 in	0.5
New Prairie United School CorporationNew Carlisle	46.7 in	1.3
La Porte Community School CorporationLaPorte	56.3 in	2.1
Bremen Public SchoolsBremen	40.1 in	0.9

The schools

4 schools

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

High

John Glenn High School

Middle

Harold C Urey Middle School

Elementary

Walkerton Elementary School
North Liberty School, North Liberty

Questions

John Glenn snow day questions

How much snow does Walkerton get?

What was the biggest snow day near John Glenn?

Does John Glenn get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the John Glenn 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.