Elnora, Indiana, 1,069 students in 2 schools

North Daviess Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Elnora get?

About 14.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near North Daviess?

8.6 inches on January 5, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 35.8 inches.

Q: Does North Daviess get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

North Daviess averages 0.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 88 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the North Daviess snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Elnora 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 Daviess’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in North Daviess, measured against North Daviess's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North Daviess close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

North Daviess’s snow record

14.7inches of snow a winter

1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in North Daviess: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

1Nov

2.2Dec

6Jan

4.9Feb

0.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.6 in on January 5, 2025
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 35.8 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 3.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.2 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 North Daviess

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Barr-Reeve Community School CorporationMontgomery	10.1 in	0.6
North Knox School CorporationBicknell	9.9 in	0.5
Linton-Stockton School CorporationLinton	11 in	0.6
Washington Community School CorporationWashington	10.2 in	0.7
Eastern Greene County School DistrictBloomfield	13.1 in	0.3
South Knox School CorporationVincennes	10.1 in	0.5

The schools

2 schools

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

High

North Daviess Jr-Sr High School

Elementary

North Daviess Elementary School

Questions

North Daviess snow day questions

How much snow does Elnora get?

What was the biggest snow day near North Daviess?

Does North Daviess get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the North Daviess 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.