Martinsville, Indiana, 4,081 students in 10 schools
Martinsville Schools Metropolitan School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Martinsville, measured against Martinsville's own big snow morning of 2.9 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Martinsville close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Martinsville.
Ten winters of school mornings
Martinsville’s snow record
12.8inches of snow a winter
1.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.4with 4 in or more
2.9 ina big snow morning in Martinsville: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
4.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.8Nov
2.5Dec
5.2Jan
3.1Feb
1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 8 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 22.2 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 2.6 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.1 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 Martinsville follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Martinsville High School
Middle
John R. Wooden Middle School
Bell Intermediate Academy
Elementary
Charles L Smith Fine Arts Academy
South Elementary School of Communications
Poston Road Elementary School
Brooklyn STEM Academy, Brooklyn
Paragon Elementary School, Paragon
Green Township Elementary School
Centerton Elementary School
Questions
Martinsville snow day questions
About 12.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.
8 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 22.2 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Martinsville 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 Martinsville’s own big snow morning: 2.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.1 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.
