Clinton, Indiana, 1,582 students in 4 schools

South Vermillion Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Clinton get?

About 11.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.1 with 4 inches or more.

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

6.3 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 22.2 inches.

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

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Clinton 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 Vermillion’s own big snow morning: 2.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.1 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the South Vermillion 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 Vermillion, measured against South Vermillion's own big snow morning of 2.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will South Vermillion close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

South Vermillion’s snow record

11.2inches of snow a winter

0.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.1with 4 in or more

2.6 ina big snow morning in South Vermillion: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.2Nov

3.2Dec

4.4Jan

1.3Feb

1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6.3 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 22.2 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 2.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.1 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 Vermillion

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Southwest Parke Community School CorporationMontezuma	11.2 in	0.1
North Central Parke Community School CorporationRockville	11.2 in	0.1
Vigo County School CorporationTerre Haute	11.3 in	0.3	1
Clay Community SchoolsBrazil	10.7 in	0.2
Southeast Fountain School CorporationVeedersburg	15.8 in	0.3
Greencastle Community School CorporationGreencastle	18.9 in	0.4

The schools

4 schools

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

High

South Vermillion High School

Middle

South Vermillion Middle School

Elementary

Central Elementary School
Van Duyn Elementary School

Questions

South Vermillion snow day questions

How much snow does Clinton get?

What was the biggest snow day near South Vermillion?

How does the South Vermillion snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

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

More winter

More for Indiana snow days

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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.