Liberty, Indiana, 1,289 students in 4 schools

Union County-College Corner Joint School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Liberty get?

About 16.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Union County-College Corner?

7.2 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 29.7 inches.

Q: How does the Union County-College Corner snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Liberty 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 Union County-College Corner’s own big snow morning: 3.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

Q: How far ahead does the Union County-College Corner 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 Union County-College Corner, measured against Union County-College Corner's own big snow morning of 3.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Union County-College Corner close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Union County-College Corner’s snow record

16.7inches of snow a winter

1.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

3.6 ina big snow morning in Union County-College Corner: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.2Nov

2.4Dec

6.9Jan

5.2Feb

0.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.2 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 29.7 in
6 in mornings 0.3 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 Union County-College Corner

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Fayette County School CorporationConnersville	16.7 in	0.8
Centerville-Abington Community SchoolsCenterville	16.7 in	0.5
Richmond Community School CorporationRichmond	16.7 in	0.5
Franklin County Community School CorporationBrookville	16.7 in	0.8
Northeastern Wayne SchoolsFountian City	16.7 in	0.4
Nettle Creek School CorporationHagerstown	20.7 in	0.5

The schools

4 schools

Every school in Union County-College Corner follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Union County High School

Middle

Union County Middle School

Elementary

Liberty Elementary School
College Corner Union Elem School, College Corner

Questions

Union County-College Corner snow day questions

How much snow does Liberty get?

What was the biggest snow day near Union County-College Corner?

How does the Union County-College Corner snow day predictor work?

How does Indiana handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Union County-College Corner 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.