Wheatfield, Indiana, 3,147 students in 5 schools

Kankakee Valley School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Wheatfield get?

About 25 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 14 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.6 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 Kankakee Valley?

12 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 14 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 45.4 inches.

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

Kankakee Valley 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 Kankakee Valley snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Wheatfield 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 Kankakee Valley’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 14 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Kankakee Valley, measured against Kankakee Valley's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Kankakee Valley close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Kankakee Valley’s snow record

25inches of snow a winter

2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Kankakee Valley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

2.7Nov

3.5Dec

8.8Jan

7.8Feb

1.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 45.4 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 4.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 14 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 Kankakee Valley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Boone Township Metropolitan School DistrictHebron	23.3 in	0.7
East Porter County School CorporationKouts	22.5 in	0.5
Porter Township School CorporationValparaiso	23.3 in	0.7
Tri-Creek School CorporationLowell	22.6 in	0.8
Rensselaer Central School CorporationRensselaer	17.7 in	0.4
Crown Point Community School CorporationCrown Point	23.3 in	0.7

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Kankakee Valley High School

Middle

Kankakee Valley Middle School

Elementary

DeMotte Elementary School, DeMotte
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch
Wheatfield Elementary School

Questions

Kankakee Valley snow day questions

How much snow does Wheatfield get?

What was the biggest snow day near Kankakee Valley?

Does Kankakee Valley get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Kankakee Valley 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.