Fairland, Indiana, 1,414 students in 3 schools

Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Fairland get?

About 11 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation?

8 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 25.9 inches.

Q: Does Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation averages 0.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 63 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fairland 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 Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation, measured against Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation’s snow record

11inches of snow a winter

1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

3.1 ina big snow morning in Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

0.7Nov

2.3Dec

4.2Jan

3.1Feb

0.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 25.9 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 2.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.2 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 Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Southern Hancock County Community School CorporationNew Palestine	14.4 in	0.4
Shelbyville Central SchoolsShelbyville	11 in	0.6
Franklin Township Community School CorporationIndianapolis	15.2 in	0.4	2
Shelby Eastern SchoolsShelbyville	11 in	0.6
Clark-Pleasant Community School CorporationWhiteland	18.8 in	0.6
Beech Grove City SchoolsBeech Grove	15.2 in	0.4

The schools

3 schools

Every school in Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Triton Central High School

Middle

Triton Central Middle School

Elementary

Triton Central Elementary School

Questions

Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation snow day questions

How much snow does Fairland get?

What was the biggest snow day near Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation?

Does Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation 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.