Portage Township Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: Does Portage Township switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Portage Township has eLearning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: How long is a delayed start in Portage Township?

2 hours: on a delay morning every school starts that much later.

Q: When is the last day of school for Portage Township?

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Portage get?

About 28.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.4 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 Portage Township?

9.5 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 44.2 inches.

Q: How does the Portage Township snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Portage 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 Portage Township’s own big snow morning: 3.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Portage Township close tomorrow?

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

The Portage Township playbook

How Portage Township calls a snow day

How families hear

“In the event of an unscheduled early dismissal from school, 2-hour delay, E-Learning Day, or no school, employees should reference the chart below to determine the nature of their work day.”

Inclement Weather Guidelines for Staff

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“EARLY DISMISSAL 2 HR DELAY 2 HR DELAY TO E-LEARNING (AFTER START OF SHIFT) SCHOOL CLOSURE (E-LEARNING) SCHOOL CLOSURE (NO CLASSES)”

eLearning days

Portage Township has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“EARLY DISMISSAL 2 HR DELAY 2 HR DELAY TO E-LEARNING (AFTER START OF SHIFT) SCHOOL CLOSURE (E-LEARNING) SCHOOL CLOSURE (NO CLASSES)”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 12, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
February break Feb 12 to Feb 15
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

Read from Portage Township’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is portage.k12.in.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Portage Township’s snow record

28.9inches of snow a winter

3.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

3.3 ina big snow morning in Portage Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

2.7Nov

4.3Dec

8.9Jan

10.7Feb

1.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.5 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 44.2 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 5.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.2 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 Portage Township

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Lake Station Community SchoolsLake Station	28.9 in	0.7
Hobart School CityHobart	28.9 in	0.7
Union Township School CorporationValparaiso	23.3 in	0.7
River Forest Community School CorporationHobart	28.9 in	0.7
Valparaiso Community SchoolsValparaiso	22.5 in	0.5
Duneland School CorporationChesterton	28.9 in	0.7

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Portage High School

Middle

Willowcreek Middle School
William Fegely Middle School

Elementary

Rowena Kyle Elementary School
Wallace Aylesworth Elementary
Central Elementary School
Crisman Elementary School
George L Myers Elementary School
Ethel R Jones Elementary School
South Haven Elementary School, Valparaiso
Paul Saylor Elementary School, Valparaiso

Questions

Portage Township snow day questions

Does Portage Township switch to remote learning on a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Portage Township?

When is the last day of school for Portage Township?

How much snow does Portage get?

What was the biggest snow day near Portage Township?

How does the Portage Township snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

More winter

More for Indiana snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Indiana winter forecastThe season ahead for Indiana: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.