Switzerland County School Corporation Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Switzerland, measured against Switzerland's own big snow morning of 2.2 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Switzerland close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Vevay.
Ten winters of school mornings
Switzerland’s snow record
9.8inches of snow a winter
1.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.1with 4 in or more
2.2 ina big snow morning in Switzerland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
2.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.5Nov
0.6Dec
4.5Jan
2.3Feb
1.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 6.8 in on January 6, 2025
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 18.1 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.6 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 Switzerland follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Switzerland Co Senior High School
Middle
Switzerland Co Middle School
Elementary
Jefferson-Craig Elementary School
Switzerland Co Elementary School, East Enterprise
Questions
Switzerland snow day questions
About 9.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.6 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.1 with 4 inches or more.
6.8 inches on January 6, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.6 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 18.1 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Vevay 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 Switzerland’s own big snow morning: 2.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.6 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.
