Modoc, Indiana, 7,855 students in 5 schools

Union School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Union School Corporation?

May 20, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Modoc get?

About 15.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 14.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.3 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 School Corporation?

8 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 14.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 24.3 inches.

Q: How does the Union School Corporation snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Modoc 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 School Corporation’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 14.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Union School Corporation, measured against Union School Corporation's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Union School Corporation close tomorrow?

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

The Union School Corporation playbook

How Union School Corporation calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 4, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15
Last day May 20, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

Board policy

Read from Union School Corporation’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is usc.k12.in.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Union School Corporation’s snow record

15.1inches of snow a winter

1.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

3.1 ina big snow morning in Union School Corporation: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.2Nov

2.9Dec

4.1Jan

4.7Feb

1.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 24.3 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 14.3 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 Union School Corporation

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Nettle Creek School CorporationHagerstown	20.7 in	0.5
Monroe Central School CorporationParker City	15.1 in	0.5
Liberty-Perry Community School CorporationSelma	18.9 in	0.3
Randolph Central School CorporationWinchester	15.1 in	0.5
Northeastern Wayne SchoolsFountian City	16.7 in	0.4
New Castle Community School CorporationNew Castle	20.7 in	0.5

The schools

5 schools

Every school in Union School Corporation follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Indiana Digital JR and High School
Indiana Digital Alternative School
Union Junior & High School

Elementary

Indiana Digital Elementary
Union Elementary School

Questions

Union School Corporation snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Union School Corporation?

How much snow does Modoc get?

What was the biggest snow day near Union School Corporation?

How does the Union School Corporation 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.