Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, 3,751 students in 7 schools

Anderson County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Lawrenceburg get?

About 12.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Anderson?

9 inches on January 6, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 27.2 inches.

Q: Does Anderson get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

Anderson averages 0.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 51 percent of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Anderson snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Lawrenceburg 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 Anderson’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Anderson, measured against Anderson's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Anderson close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Anderson’s snow record

12.2inches of snow a winter

1.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

2.8 ina big snow morning in Anderson: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 51% of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

0.4Nov

2.1Dec

5.5Jan

2.6Feb

1.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 6, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 27.2 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.6 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 Kentucky rule

How Kentucky counts a lost day

Kentucky requires at least 1,062 instructional hours on at least 170 student attendance days. After an emergency a board may amend its calendar and lengthen or shorten the remaining days by 30 minutes or more, as long as the year still meets the requirement.

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

Next door

Districts near Anderson

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Franklin County School DistrictFrankfort	12.2 in	0.3
Woodford County School DistrictVersailles	13 in	0.3
Scott County School DistrictGeorgetown	13.2 in	0.1	6
Shelby County School DistrictShelbyville	8.4 in	0.1
Jessamine County School DistrictNicholasville	13 in	0.3
Spencer County School DistrictTaylorsville	12.3 in	0.3

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Anderson County High School

Middle

Anderson County Middle School

Elementary

Robert B. Turner Elementary School
Emma B. Ward Elementary School
Saffell Street Elementary School

Other schools

Ezra Sparrow Early Childhood Center
Kentucky TECH - Anderson County Tech Ctr

Questions

Anderson snow day questions

How much snow does Lawrenceburg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Anderson?

Does Anderson get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

How does the Anderson snow day predictor work?

How does Kentucky handle snow days?

More winter

More for Kentucky 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.