The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Madison, measured against Madison's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Madison close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Madison.
Ten winters of school mornings
Madison’s snow record
15.1inches of snow a winter
1.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.4with 4 in or more
3.1 ina big snow morning in Madison: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
2.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.9Nov
2.3Dec
6Jan
4Feb
1.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 9.5 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 27.6 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.5 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 18.9 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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The Indiana rule
How Indiana counts a lost day
Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.
Every school in Madison follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Madison Consolidated High School
Middle
Madison Consolidated Jr High Sch
Elementary
Anderson Elementary School
Lydia Middleton Elementary School
Rykers' Ridge Elementary School
Deputy Elementary School, Deputy
Questions
Madison snow day questions
About 15.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 18.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.
9.5 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 18.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 27.6 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Madison 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 Madison’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 18.9 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.
