The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Muncie, measured against Muncie's own big snow morning of 2.3 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Muncie close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Muncie.
Ten winters of school mornings
Muncie’s snow record
18.9inches of snow a winter
1.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.3with 4 in or more
2.3 ina big snow morning in Muncie: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.3Nov
4.5Dec
6.8Jan
4.3Feb
1.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 6 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 32 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.4 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.5 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 Muncie follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Muncie Area Career Center
Middle
Northside Middle School
Southside Middle School
Elementary
South View Elementary School
East Washington Academy
West View Elementary School
Grissom Elementary School
North View Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School
Other schools
Muncie Central High School
Muncie Virtual Academy
Youth Opportunity Center
Questions
Muncie snow day questions
About 18.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.5 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.
6 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.5 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 32 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Muncie 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 Muncie’s own big snow morning: 2.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.5 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.
