Mount Vernon, Indiana, 2,061 students in 5 schools

Mount Vernon Metropolitan School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Mount Vernon get?

About 4.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mount Vernon Metropolitan?

6.5 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 14.2 inches.

Q: How does the Mount Vernon Metropolitan snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon Metropolitan’s own big snow morning: 2.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

Q: How far ahead does the Mount Vernon Metropolitan snow day predictor look?

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 odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Mount Vernon Metropolitan, measured against Mount Vernon Metropolitan's own big snow morning of 2.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Mount Vernon Metropolitan close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mount Vernon Metropolitan’s snow record

4.7inches of snow a winter

0.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.2with 4 in or more

2.6 ina big snow morning in Mount Vernon Metropolitan: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.2Nov

0.4Dec

1.4Jan

2.1Feb

0.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6.5 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 14.2 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 0.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Mount Vernon Metropolitan

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
North Posey County Schools Metropolitan School DistrictPoseyville	7.7 in	0.2
Evansville-Vanderburgh School CorporationEvansville	7.7 in	0.2
South Gibson School CorporationFort Branch	7.7 in	0.2
North Gibson School CorporationPrinceton	7.7 in	0.2
Warrick County School CorporationBoonville	7.6 in	0.3
South Spencer County School CorporationRockport	7.6 in	0.3

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Mount Vernon High School

Middle

Mount Vernon Jr High School

Elementary

West Elementary School
Marrs Elementary School
Farmersville Elementary School

Questions

Mount Vernon Metropolitan snow day questions

How much snow does Mount Vernon get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mount Vernon Metropolitan?

How does the Mount Vernon Metropolitan snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Mount Vernon Metropolitan snow day predictor look?

More winter

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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.