Walton, Indiana, 1,293 students in 4 schools

Lewis Cass Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Walton get?

About 20.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.8 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 Lewis Cass?

8 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 28.8 inches.

Q: How does the Lewis Cass snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Walton 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 Lewis Cass’s own big snow morning: 2.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Lewis Cass snow day predictor look?

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 odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Lewis Cass, measured against Lewis Cass's own big snow morning of 2.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Lewis Cass close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Lewis Cass’s snow record

20.9inches of snow a winter

1.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

2.2 ina big snow morning in Lewis Cass: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

2.8Nov

4Dec

7.3Jan

4.3Feb

2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on November 30, 2025
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 28.8 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 4.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.6 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 Lewis Cass

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Logansport Community School CorporationLogansport	12.4 in	0.4
Maconaquah School CorporationBunker Hill	13.4 in	0.3
Peru Community SchoolsPeru	13.4 in	0.3
Northwestern School CorporationKokomo	25.2 in	0.3
Kokomo-Center Township Consolidated School CorporationKokomo	25.2 in	0.3
Western School CorporationRussiaville	25.2 in	0.3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Lewis Cass High School
Lewis Cass Polytechnic Academy, Galveston

Middle

Lewis Cass Junior High School

Elementary

Lewis Cass Elementary School

Questions

Lewis Cass snow day questions

How much snow does Walton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lewis Cass?

How does the Lewis Cass snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Lewis Cass snow day predictor look?

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.