Lowell, Indiana, 3,209 students in 5 schools

Tri-Creek School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Lowell get?

About 22.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.9 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 Tri-Creek?

10 inches on November 30, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 43.9 inches.

Q: Does Tri-Creek get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Tri-Creek 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 Tri-Creek snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Lowell 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 Tri-Creek’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Tri-Creek, measured against Tri-Creek's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Tri-Creek close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Tri-Creek’s snow record

22.6inches of snow a winter

1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Tri-Creek: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

6.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

3.5Nov

3Dec

7.7Jan

7.5Feb

0.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on November 30, 2025
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 43.9 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 3.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Tri-Creek

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hanover Community School CorporationCedar Lake	26.2 in	0.6
Crown Point Community School CorporationCrown Point	23.3 in	0.7
Boone Township Metropolitan School DistrictHebron	23.3 in	0.7
Lake Central School CorporationSaint John	22.7 in	0.3
Kankakee Valley School CorporationWheatfield	25 in	0.6
Merrillville Community SchoolMerrillville	23.3 in	0.7

The schools

5 schools

Every school in Tri-Creek follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Lowell Senior High School

Middle

Lowell Middle School

Elementary

Oak Hill Elementary School
Three Creeks Elem School
Lake Prairie Elementary School

Questions

Tri-Creek snow day questions

How much snow does Lowell get?

What was the biggest snow day near Tri-Creek?

Does Tri-Creek get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Tri-Creek snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

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.