LaPorte, Indiana, 6,144 students in 11 schools

La Porte Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does LaPorte get?

About 56.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near La Porte?

21.9 inches on January 19, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 141.4 inches.

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

La Porte averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 99 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the La Porte snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for LaPorte 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 La Porte’s own big snow morning: 4.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in La Porte, measured against La Porte's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will La Porte close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

La Porte’s snow record

56.3inches of snow a winter

4.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

4.3 ina big snow morning in La Porte: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 99% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

5.2Nov

13.4Dec

21.8Jan

11Feb

3.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 21.9 in on January 19, 2024
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 141.4 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 8.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 La Porte

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
New Prairie United School CorporationNew Carlisle	46.7 in	1.3
Michigan City Area SchoolsMichigan City	56.3 in	2.1
John Glenn School CorporationWalkerton	35.6 in	0.9
Duneland School CorporationChesterton	28.9 in	0.7
Valparaiso Community SchoolsValparaiso	22.5 in	0.5
Knox Community School CorporationKnox	25.5 in	0.5

The schools

11 schools

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

Middle

LaPorte Middle School
Kesling Intermediate School

Elementary

F Willard Crichfield Elementary
Handley Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Hailmann Elementary School
Kingsbury Elementary School
Riley Elementary School
Indian Trail Elementary School
Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch, Kingsford Heights

Other schools

LaPorte High School

Questions

La Porte snow day questions

How much snow does LaPorte get?

What was the biggest snow day near La Porte?

Does La Porte get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the La Porte 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.