Petersburg, Indiana, 1,594 students in 4 schools

Pike County School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Petersburg get?

About 10.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Pike?

12.3 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 22 inches.

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

Pike averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 80 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Pike snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Petersburg 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 Pike’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Pike, measured against Pike's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Pike close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Pike’s snow record

10.2inches of snow a winter

1.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Pike: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 80% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

0.1Nov

1.7Dec

5.3Jan

2.9Feb

0.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.3 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 22 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 2.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.6 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 Pike

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Washington Community School CorporationWashington	10.2 in	0.7
South Knox School CorporationVincennes	10.1 in	0.5
Vincennes Community School CorporationVincennes	10.1 in	0.5
Barr-Reeve Community School CorporationMontgomery	10.1 in	0.6
North Gibson School CorporationPrinceton	7.7 in	0.2
Greater Jasper Consolidated SchoolsJasper	9.2 in	0.4

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Pike Central High School

Middle

Pike Central Middle School

Elementary

Petersburg Elementary School
Winslow Elementary School, Winslow

Questions

Pike snow day questions

How much snow does Petersburg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Pike?

Does Pike get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Pike snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

More winter

More for Indiana snow days

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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.