Lake Central School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

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

It can. Lake 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 Lake?

May 25, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Saint John get?

About 22.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Lake?

9.8 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 42.4 inches.

Q: How does the Lake snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Saint John 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 Lake’s own big snow morning: 3.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Lake close tomorrow?

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

The Lake playbook

How Lake calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call and the district website.

“Such information will be broadcast over the Parent Square message system; confirmation of the message can be retrieved at lcsc.us. ... The Lake Central School Corporation has contracted with Parent Square to make emergency calls to parents.”

eLearning days

Lake has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“E-Learning on Inclement Weather Days ... Please make sure your child is logged into Canvas by 9:45AM. The schedules for each level are listed below:”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 11, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
Last day May 25, 2027

District calendar

Read from Lake’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is lcsc.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Lake’s snow record

22.7inches of snow a winter

3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

3.3 ina big snow morning in Lake: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.8Nov

3.8Dec

6.9Jan

8.5Feb

1.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.8 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 42.4 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.5 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 Lake

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Griffith Public SchoolsGriffith	26.9 in	0.7
Highland School TownHighland	25.8 in	0.9
Lake Ridge SchoolsGary	26.9 in	0.7
Munster School TownMunster	25.8 in	0.9
Crown Point Community School CorporationCrown Point	23.3 in	0.7
Merrillville Community SchoolMerrillville	23.3 in	0.7

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Lake Central High School

Middle

Hal E Clark Middle School
Kahler Middle School, Dyer
Michael Grimmer Middle School, Schererville

Elementary

James H Watson Elementary School, Schererville
Protsman Elementary School, Dyer
Kolling Elementary School
George Bibich Elementary School, Dyer
Homan Elementary School, Schererville
Peifer Elementary School, Schererville

Questions

Lake snow day questions

How does Lake announce a snow day?

Does Lake switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Lake?

How much snow does Saint John get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lake?

How does the Lake 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.