Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1,639 students in 5 schools

South Montgomery Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Crawfordsville get?

About 18.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near South Montgomery?

9.4 inches on March 25, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 31.9 inches.

Q: How does the South Montgomery snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Crawfordsville 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 Montgomery’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the South Montgomery snow day predictor look?

Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and breaks are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in South Montgomery, measured against South Montgomery's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will South Montgomery close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

South Montgomery’s snow record

18.6inches of snow a winter

1.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

2.8 ina big snow morning in South Montgomery: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.1Nov

3.5Dec

5.3Jan

5.6Feb

2.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.4 in on March 25, 2018
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 31.9 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 3.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.7 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 Montgomery

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
North Montgomery Community School CorporationCrawfordsville	18.6 in	0.5
North Putnam Community SchoolsBainbridge	18.9 in	0.4
Western Boone County Community School CorporationThorntown	17.5 in	0.2
North West Hendricks SchoolsLizton	13.5 in	0.3
Southeast Fountain School CorporationVeedersburg	15.8 in	0.3
North Central Parke Community School CorporationRockville	11.2 in	0.1

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Southmont Sr High School

Middle

Southmont Jr High School

Elementary

New Market Elementary School, New Market
Walnut Elementary School, New Ross
Ladoga Elementary School, Ladoga

Questions

South Montgomery snow day questions

How much snow does Crawfordsville get?

What was the biggest snow day near South Montgomery?

How does the South Montgomery snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the South Montgomery snow day predictor look?

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.