Berne, Indiana, 1,308 students in 3 schools

South Adams Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Berne get?

About 17.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.6 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 South Adams?

5.3 inches on February 4, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 27.4 inches.

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

South Adams 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 South Adams snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Berne 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 South Adams’s own big snow morning: 3.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in South Adams, measured against South Adams's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will South Adams close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

South Adams’s snow record

17.4inches of snow a winter

2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

3.3 ina big snow morning in South Adams: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

1.8Nov

2.5Dec

6.5Jan

5.3Feb

1.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 5.3 in on February 4, 2022
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 27.4 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 4.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.4 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 South Adams

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Adams Central Community SchoolsMonroe	17.4 in	0.6
Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School DistrictBluffton	11.6 in	0.1
North Adams Community SchoolsDecatur	18.7 in	0.4
Jay School CorporationPortland	10.7 in	0.8
Northern Wells Community SchoolsOssian	11.6 in	0.1
Huntington County Community School CorporationWarren	16.9 in	0.5

The schools

3 schools

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

High

South Adams High School

Middle

South Adams Middle School

Elementary

South Adams Elementary School

Questions

South Adams snow day questions

How much snow does Berne get?

What was the biggest snow day near South Adams?

Does South Adams get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the South Adams 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.