Akron, Indiana, 1,738 students in 4 schools

Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Akron get?

About 24.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Tippecanoe Valley?

9 inches on February 3, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 47 inches.

Q: Does Tippecanoe Valley get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Tippecanoe Valley averages 0.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 88 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Tippecanoe Valley snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Akron 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 Tippecanoe Valley’s own big snow morning: 2.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Tippecanoe Valley, measured against Tippecanoe Valley's own big snow morning of 2.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Tippecanoe Valley close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Tippecanoe Valley’s snow record

24.6inches of snow a winter

2.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

2.9 ina big snow morning in Tippecanoe Valley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

2.8Nov

3.6Dec

8.8Jan

7.9Feb

1.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on February 3, 2022
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 47 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 5.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.5 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 Tippecanoe Valley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Rochester Community School CorporationRochester	18.2 in	0.5
Warsaw Community SchoolsWarsaw	24.6 in	0.8	4
Manchester Community SchoolsN Manchester	19.1 in	0.3
Plymouth Community School CorporationPlymouth	46.7 in	1
Whitko Community School CorporationLarwill	21.1 in	0.4
Wabash County Schools Metropolitan School DistrictWabash	12.2 in	0.5

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Tippecanoe Valley High School

Middle

Tippecanoe Valley Middle School

Elementary

Mentone Elementary School, Mentone
Akron Elementary School

Questions

Tippecanoe Valley snow day questions

How much snow does Akron get?

What was the biggest snow day near Tippecanoe Valley?

Does Tippecanoe Valley get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Tippecanoe Valley 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.