Nappanee, Indiana, 2,857 students in 5 schools

Wa-Nee Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Nappanee get?

About 32.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Wa-Nee?

7.4 inches on November 12, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 50.6 inches.

Q: Does Wa-Nee get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

Wa-Nee averages 0.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 63 percent of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Wa-Nee snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Nappanee 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 Wa-Nee’s own big snow morning: 2.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Wa-Nee, measured against Wa-Nee's own big snow morning of 2.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Wa-Nee close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Wa-Nee’s snow record

32.1inches of snow a winter

2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

2.3 ina big snow morning in Wa-Nee: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

4.2Nov

5.7Dec

9.5Jan

8.8Feb

2.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.4 in on November 12, 2019
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 50.6 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 6.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.8 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 Wa-Nee

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Bremen Public SchoolsBremen	40.1 in	0.9
Goshen Community SchoolsGoshen	30.2 in	0.6
Baugo Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6
Fairfield Community SchoolsGoshen	30.2 in	0.6
Concord Community SchoolsElkhart	26.5 in	0.6
Wawasee Community School CorporationSyracuse	34.8 in	0.6

The schools

5 schools

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

High

North Wood High School

Middle

North Wood Middle School, Wakarusa

Elementary

Wakarusa Elementary School, Wakarusa
Woodview Elementary School
Nappanee Elementary School

Questions

Wa-Nee snow day questions

How much snow does Nappanee get?

What was the biggest snow day near Wa-Nee?

Does Wa-Nee get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Wa-Nee 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.