New Carlisle, Indiana, 2,850 students in 5 schools

New Prairie United School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Carlisle get?

About 46.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.5 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near New Prairie United?

13 inches on January 15, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.5 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 97.1 inches.

Q: Does New Prairie United get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

New Prairie United averages 1.3 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 New Prairie United snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Carlisle 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 Prairie United’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in New Prairie United, measured against New Prairie United's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will New Prairie United close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

New Prairie United’s snow record

46.7inches of snow a winter

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

1.3with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in New Prairie United: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

5.5Nov

10Dec

17.1Jan

10.1Feb

3.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13 in on January 15, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 97.1 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 8.6 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.

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 Prairie United

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
La Porte Community School CorporationLaPorte	56.3 in	2.1
Michigan City Area SchoolsMichigan City	56.3 in	2.1
John Glenn School CorporationWalkerton	35.6 in	0.9
South Bend Community School CorporationSouth Bend	55.3 in	1.6
Union-North United School CorporationLakeville	40.1 in	0.9
Mishawaka School CityMishawaka	39.5 in	0.8

The schools

5 schools

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

High

New Prairie High School

Middle

New Prairie Middle School

Elementary

Olive Township Elementary School
Rolling Prairie Elementary School, Rolling Prairie
Prairie View Elementary School, Rolling Prairie

Questions

New Prairie United snow day questions

How much snow does New Carlisle get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Prairie United?

Does New Prairie United get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the New Prairie United snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

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.