Rockville, Indiana, 1,198 students in 4 schools

North Central Parke Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Rockville get?

About 11.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near North Central Parke?

6.3 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 22.2 inches.

Q: How does the North Central Parke snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Rockville 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 North Central Parke’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 North Central Parke 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 North Central Parke, measured against North Central Parke's own big snow morning of 2.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North Central Parke close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

North Central Parke’s snow record

11.2inches of snow a winter

0.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.1with 4 in or more

2.6 ina big snow morning in North Central Parke: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.2Nov

3.2Dec

4.4Jan

1.3Feb

1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6.3 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 22.2 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 2.2 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 North Central Parke

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Southwest Parke Community School CorporationMontezuma	11.2 in	0.1
South Vermillion Community School CorporationClinton	11.2 in	0.1
Clay Community SchoolsBrazil	10.7 in	0.2
South Montgomery Community School CorporationCrawfordsville	18.6 in	0.5
North Putnam Community SchoolsBainbridge	18.9 in	0.4
Greencastle Community School CorporationGreencastle	18.9 in	0.4

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Parke Heritage High School

Middle

Parke Heritage Middle School, Marshall

Elementary

Rockville Elementary School
Turkey Run Elementary School, Marshall

Questions

North Central Parke snow day questions

How much snow does Rockville get?

What was the biggest snow day near North Central Parke?

How does the North Central Parke snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the North Central Parke 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.