Michigan City, Indiana, 5,022 students in 14 schools

Michigan City Area Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Michigan City get?

About 56.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Michigan City?

21.9 inches on January 19, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 141.4 inches.

Q: Does Michigan City get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Michigan City averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 99 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Michigan City snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Michigan City 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 Michigan City’s own big snow morning: 4.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Michigan City, measured against Michigan City's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Michigan City close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Michigan City’s snow record

56.3inches of snow a winter

4.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

4.3 ina big snow morning in Michigan City: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 99% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

5.2Nov

13.4Dec

21.8Jan

11Feb

3.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 21.9 in on January 19, 2024
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 141.4 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 8.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.7 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 Michigan City

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
La Porte Community School CorporationLaPorte	56.3 in	2.1
Duneland School CorporationChesterton	28.9 in	0.7
New Prairie United School CorporationNew Carlisle	46.7 in	1.3
Valparaiso Community SchoolsValparaiso	22.5 in	0.5
Portage Township SchoolsPortage	28.9 in	0.7
Lake Station Community SchoolsLake Station	28.9 in	0.7

The schools

14 schools

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

High

Michigan City High School
A K Smith Area Career Center

Middle

Barker Middle School
Martin T Krueger Middle School

Elementary

Joy Elementary School
Pine Elementary School
Knapp Elementary School
Lake Hills Elementary School
Edgewood Elementary School
Marsh Elementary School
Springfield Elementary School
Coolspring Elementary School

Other schools

Little Wolves Early Learning Center
Niemann Elementary School

Questions

Michigan City snow day questions

How much snow does Michigan City get?

What was the biggest snow day near Michigan City?

Does Michigan City get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Michigan City 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.