Kokomo-Center Township Consolidated School Corporation Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Kokomo-Center Township, measured against Kokomo-Center Township's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Kokomo-Center Township close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Kokomo.
Ten winters of school mornings
Kokomo-Center Township’s snow record
25.2inches of snow a winter
2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.3with 4 in or more
2.8 ina big snow morning in Kokomo-Center Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
5.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
3.1Nov
5Dec
8.1Jan
5.9Feb
2.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 6.3 in on December 30, 2017
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 38.6 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 4.5 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.4 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.
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Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.
Every school in Kokomo-Center Township follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Kokomo High School
Kokomo Virtual Academy
Kokomo Area Career Center
Middle
Central Middle School
Maple Crest Middle School
Bon Air Middle School
Elementary
Lafayette Park Elementary School
Boulevard Elementary School
Elwood Haynes Elementary School
Wallace Elementary School
Sycamore Elementary School
Bon Air Elementary School
Pettit Park School
Maple Crest STEM Elementary School
Questions
Kokomo-Center Township snow day questions
About 25.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.
6.3 inches on December 30, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 38.6 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kokomo 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 Kokomo-Center Township’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away.
Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.
Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and breaks are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.
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.
