New Albany, Indiana, 11,380 students in 16 schools

New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does New Albany-Floyd announce a snow day?

By phone call and the district website, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: When is the last day of school for New Albany-Floyd?

May 21, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does New Albany get?

About 11.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near New Albany-Floyd?

9 inches on January 5, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 22.7 inches.

Q: How does the New Albany-Floyd snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Albany 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 New Albany-Floyd’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in New Albany-Floyd, measured against New Albany-Floyd's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will New Albany-Floyd close tomorrow?

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

The New Albany-Floyd playbook

How New Albany-Floyd calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call and the district website.

“When school is canceled or delayed for any reason, all parents and staff members will be phoned. ... Also, we will post safety/emergency information on our website (www.nafcs.org). Parents may look at our homepage to see if school is closed or open.”

Safety - New Albany Floyd County Schools

Making up a lost day

The calendar lists three possible make-up dates.

Make up dates: Feb 12, Feb 15, Mar 19.

“Possible Make-Up Dates: 2/12, 2/15, 3/19”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 4, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
Last day May 21, 2027

District calendar

Read from New Albany-Floyd’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is nafcs.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

New Albany-Floyd’s snow record

11.7inches of snow a winter

1.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

2.8 ina big snow morning in New Albany-Floyd: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.4Nov

1.5Dec

5.4Jan

2.5Feb

1.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 5, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 22.7 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 2.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.9 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 New Albany-Floyd

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Clarksville Community School CorporationClarksville	11.7 in	0.3
Silver Creek School CorporationSellersburg	11.7 in	0.3
Greater Clark County SchoolsJeffersonville	11.7 in	0.3	3
Borden-Henryville School CorpMemphis	11.7 in	0.3
East Washington School CorporationPekin	13.3 in	0.6
North Harrison Community School CorporationRamsey	11.7 in	0.3

The schools

16 schools

Every school in New Albany-Floyd follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Floyd Central High School, Floyd Knobs
New Albany Senior High School
Prosser Career Education Center

Middle

Highland Hills Middle School, Georgetown
Nathaniel Scribner Middle School
Hazelwood Middle School

Elementary

Georgetown Elementary School, Georgetown
Floyds Knobs Elementary School, Floyds Knobs
Mount Tabor Elementary School
Grant Line Elementary School
Greenville Elementary School, Greenville
Green Valley Elementary School
Slate Run Elementary School
Fairmont Elementary School
S Ellen Jones Elementary School

Other schools

CA Early Learning Center

Questions

New Albany-Floyd snow day questions

How does New Albany-Floyd announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for New Albany-Floyd?

How much snow does New Albany get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Albany-Floyd?

How does the New Albany-Floyd 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.