Plymouth, Indiana, 3,208 students in 7 schools

Plymouth Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Plymouth get?

About 46.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Plymouth?

9.8 inches on February 3, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 74.4 inches.

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

Plymouth averages 1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 98 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Plymouth snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Plymouth 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 Plymouth’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Plymouth, measured against Plymouth's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Plymouth close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Plymouth’s snow record

46.7inches of snow a winter

5.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Plymouth: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 98% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

5Nov

9Dec

14.9Jan

12.7Feb

3.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.8 in on February 3, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 74.4 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 10.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.8 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 Plymouth

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Union-North United School CorporationLakeville	40.1 in	0.9
Bremen Public SchoolsBremen	40.1 in	0.9
John Glenn School CorporationWalkerton	35.6 in	0.9
Wa-Nee Community SchoolsNappanee	32.1 in	0.6
Knox Community School CorporationKnox	25.5 in	0.5
Rochester Community School CorporationRochester	18.2 in	0.5

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Plymouth High School

Middle

Lincoln Junior High School
Riverside Intermediate

Elementary

Menominee Elementary School
Webster Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Washington Discovery Academy

Questions

Plymouth snow day questions

How much snow does Plymouth get?

What was the biggest snow day near Plymouth?

Does Plymouth get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Plymouth 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.