Salem, Indiana, 1,655 students in 3 schools

Salem Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Salem get?

About 13.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Salem?

10.2 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 23.3 inches.

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

Salem 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 Salem snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Salem 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 Salem’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Salem, measured against Salem's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Salem close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Salem’s snow record

13.3inches of snow a winter

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

0.6with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Salem: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

0.5Nov

2.3Dec

5.8Jan

4.6Feb

0Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.2 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 23.3 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 2.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11 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 Salem

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
East Washington School CorporationPekin	13.3 in	0.6
Scott County School District 1Austin	13.3 in	0.6
Brownstown Central Community School CorporationBrownstown	13.3 in	0.6
Scott County School District 2Scottsburg	13.3 in	0.6
North Harrison Community School CorporationRamsey	11.7 in	0.3
Paoli Community School CorporationPaoli	6.3 in	0.4

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Salem High School

Middle

Salem Middle School

Elementary

Bradie Shrum Elementary

Questions

Salem snow day questions

How much snow does Salem get?

What was the biggest snow day near Salem?

Does Salem get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Salem 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.