Linton, Indiana, 1,386 students in 3 schools

Linton-Stockton School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Linton get?

About 11 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.1 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 Linton-Stockton?

10.5 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 23.8 inches.

Q: Does Linton-Stockton get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Linton-Stockton 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 Linton-Stockton snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Linton 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 Linton-Stockton’s own big snow morning: 4.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Linton-Stockton, measured against Linton-Stockton's own big snow morning of 4.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Linton-Stockton close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Linton-Stockton’s snow record

11inches of snow a winter

1.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

4.9 ina big snow morning in Linton-Stockton: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

0.3Nov

1.6Dec

4.9Jan

3.5Feb

0.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.5 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 23.8 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.2 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 Linton-Stockton

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Southwest School CorporationSullivan	11.3 in	0.3
North Daviess Community SchoolsElnora	14.7 in	0.8
North Knox School CorporationBicknell	9.9 in	0.5
Eastern Greene County School DistrictBloomfield	13.1 in	0.3
Washington Community School CorporationWashington	10.2 in	0.7
Barr-Reeve Community School CorporationMontgomery	10.1 in	0.6

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Linton-Stockton High School

Middle

Linton-Stockton Middle School

Elementary

Linton-Stockton Elementary

Questions

Linton-Stockton snow day questions

How much snow does Linton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Linton-Stockton?

Does Linton-Stockton get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Linton-Stockton 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.