Ashland, Kentucky, 3,203 students in 9 schools

Ashland Independent School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Ashland get?

About 12.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Ashland?

7 inches on December 24, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 25.7 inches.

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

Ashland averages 0.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 70 percent of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Ashland snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Ashland 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 Ashland’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Ashland, measured against Ashland's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Ashland close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Ashland’s snow record

12.3inches of snow a winter

1.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Ashland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 70% of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

0.3Nov

2Dec

6.1Jan

2.3Feb

1.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7 in on December 24, 2020
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 25.7 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.5 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 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 Ashland

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Boyd County School DistrictAshland	12.3 in	0.4
Carter County School DistrictGrayson	12.7 in	0.5
Johnson County School DistrictPaintsville	10.1 in	0.7
Rowan County School DistrictMorehead	10.7 in	0.4
Floyd County School DistrictEastern	13.4 in	0.4
Pike County School DistrictPikeville	6.6 in	0.4

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Paul G. Blazer High School
Ashland Alternative School

Middle

Ashland Middle School

Elementary

Hager Elementary School
Crabbe Elementary School
Oakview Elementary School
Poage Elementary School
Charles Russell Elementary School

Other schools

Ashland Head Start

Questions

Ashland snow day questions

How much snow does Ashland get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ashland?

Does Ashland get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

How does the Ashland 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.