Topeka, Indiana, 1,979 students in 5 schools

Westview School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Topeka get?

About 30.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 16.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.2 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 Westview?

13 inches on November 12, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 16.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 52.9 inches.

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

Westview 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 Westview snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Topeka 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 Westview’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 16.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Westview, measured against Westview's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Westview close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Westview’s snow record

30.2inches of snow a winter

3.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

2.5 ina big snow morning in Westview: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

5.2Nov

4.7Dec

9.6Jan

7.5Feb

2.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13 in on November 12, 2019
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 52.9 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 16.5 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 Westview

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Lakeland School CorporationLaGrange	28.7 in	0.6
Middlebury Community SchoolsMiddlebury	30.2 in	0.6
West Noble School CorporationLigonier	35.1 in	0.5
Fairfield Community SchoolsGoshen	30.2 in	0.6
Goshen Community SchoolsGoshen	30.2 in	0.6
Central Noble Community School CorporationAlbion	31.3 in	0.4

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Westview Jr-Sr High School

Middle

Westview Elementary School

Elementary

Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch, Shipshewana
Meadowview Elementary School, Shipshewana
Topeka Elementary School

Questions

Westview snow day questions

How much snow does Topeka get?

What was the biggest snow day near Westview?

Does Westview get more snow days than other Indiana districts?

How does the Westview 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.