The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in South Putnam, measured against South Putnam's own big snow morning of 2.1 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will South Putnam close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Greencastle.
Ten winters of school mornings
South Putnam’s snow record
18.9inches of snow a winter
1.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.4with 4 in or more
2.1 ina big snow morning in South Putnam: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.2Nov
3.5Dec
6.1Jan
4.8Feb
2.3Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 9 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 30.3 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 3 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 18.2 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.
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The Indiana rule
How Indiana counts a lost day
Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.
Every school in South Putnam follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
South Putnam High School
Middle
South Putnam Middle School
Elementary
Central Elementary School
Fillmore Elementary School, Fillmore
Questions
South Putnam snow day questions
About 18.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 18.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.
9 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 18.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 30.3 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Greencastle 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 Putnam’s own big snow morning: 2.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 18.2 miles away.
Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.
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 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.
