Kokomo, Indiana, 1,802 students in 4 schools

Northwestern School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Kokomo get?

About 25.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 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 Northwestern School Corporation?

6.3 inches on December 30, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 38.6 inches.

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

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kokomo 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 School Corporation’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Northwestern School Corporation 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 Northwestern School Corporation, measured against Northwestern School Corporation's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Northwestern School Corporation close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Northwestern School Corporation’s snow record

25.2inches of snow a winter

2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

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

5.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

3.1Nov

5Dec

8.1Jan

5.9Feb

2.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6.3 in on December 30, 2017
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 38.6 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 4.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 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 Northwestern School Corporation

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Kokomo-Center Township Consolidated School CorporationKokomo	25.2 in	0.3
Taylor Community School CorporationKokomo	25.2 in	0.3
Western School CorporationRussiaville	25.2 in	0.3
Eastern Howard School CorporationGreentown	25.2 in	0.3
Maconaquah School CorporationBunker Hill	13.4 in	0.3
Lewis Cass SchoolsWalton	20.9 in	0.3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Northwestern Senior High School

Middle

Northwestern Middle School

Elementary

Northwestern Elementary School
Howard Elementary School

Questions

Northwestern School Corporation snow day questions

How much snow does Kokomo get?

What was the biggest snow day near Northwestern School Corporation?

How does the Northwestern School Corporation snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Northwestern School Corporation 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.