Mishawaka, Indiana, 5,034 students in 10 schools

Mishawaka School City Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Mishawaka get?

About 39.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mishawaka?

11.3 inches on January 15, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 67 inches.

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

Mishawaka averages 0.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 88 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Mishawaka snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Mishawaka 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 Mishawaka’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Mishawaka, measured against Mishawaka's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Mishawaka close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mishawaka’s snow record

39.5inches of snow a winter

3.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Mishawaka: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

5.1Nov

7.8Dec

12.1Jan

9.9Feb

3.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.3 in on January 15, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 67 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 7.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.7 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 Mishawaka

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
South Bend Community School CorporationSouth Bend	55.3 in	1.6
Penn-Harris-Madison School CorporationMishawaka	26.5 in	0.6
Baugo Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6
Elkhart Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6	1
Concord Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6
Union-North United School CorporationLakeville	40.1 in	0.9

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Mishawaka High School

Middle

John J Young Middle School

Elementary

Beiger Elementary School
Lasalle Elementary School
Emmons Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School
Fred J Hums Elementary School
Battell Elementary School
Twin Branch Elementary School

Other schools

Oaklawn Campus Program

Questions

Mishawaka snow day questions

How much snow does Mishawaka get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mishawaka?

Does Mishawaka get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Mishawaka 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.