Kansas City, Kansas, 3,901 students in 8 schools

Turner Unified School District 202 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Kansas City get?

About 16.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.7 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Turner?

6 inches on November 26, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.7 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 30.5 inches.

Q: Does Turner get more snow days than other Kansas districts?

Turner averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 83 percent of the 284 Kansas districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Turner snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kansas City 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 Turner’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Turner, measured against Turner's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Turner close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Turner’s snow record

16.4inches of snow a winter

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

0.7with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Turner: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 284 Kansas districts with a station record.

2Nov

2Dec

6.9Jan

4.2Feb

1.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6 in on November 26, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 30.5 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.7 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 Kansas rule

How Kansas counts a lost day

Kansas requires 186 school days (181 for seniors), or by board policy 1,116 school hours for grades 1 to 11 (1,086 for seniors, 465 for kindergarten). Once the board's scheduled snow make-up days are used up, extra weather closures count as school days, up to the number of make-up days scheduled or five days, whichever is smaller.

The Kansas rules in the agency’s own words, and every Kansas district

Next door

Districts near Turner

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Kansas City Unified School District 500Kansas City	14.9 in	0.2
Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School DistrictShawnee Mission	16.4 in	0.7	4
Basehor-Linwood Unified School District 458Basehor	15.1 in	0.8
Olathe Unified School District 233Olathe	16.4 in	0.7	2
Blue Valley Unified School District 229Overland Park	13.1 in	0.4
De Soto Unified School District 232De Soto	15.1 in	0.8	2

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Turner High
Beyond the Bell

Middle

Turner Middle School
Turner Sixth Grade Academy

Elementary

Turner Elem
Oak Grove Elem
Midland Trail
Junction Elementary

Questions

Turner snow day questions

How much snow does Kansas City get?

What was the biggest snow day near Turner?

Does Turner get more snow days than other Kansas districts?

How does the Turner snow day predictor work?

How does Kansas handle snow days?

More winter

More for Kansas snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Kansas winter forecastThe season ahead for Kansas: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.