Ashland, Kentucky, 3,024 students in 11 schools

Boyd County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Ashland get?

About 12.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.9 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 Boyd?

7 inches on December 24, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 25.7 inches.

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

Boyd 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 Boyd 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 Boyd’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.9 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Boyd close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Boyd’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 Boyd: 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 8.9 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 Boyd

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Ashland Independent 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

11 schools

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

High

Boyd County High School
Boyd County Central School, Rush
Boyd Co Career & Tech Educ Ctr Voc Sch

Middle

Boyd County Middle School

Elementary

Summit Elementary School
Ponderosa Elementary School, Catlettsburg
Cannonsburg Elementary School
Catlettsburg Elementary School, Catlettsburg

Other schools

Boyd Co Early Childhood Academy
Ashland Technical College
Kentucky TECH - Ashland Reg Tech Ctr

Questions

Boyd snow day questions

How much snow does Ashland get?

What was the biggest snow day near Boyd?

Does Boyd get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

How does the Boyd snow day predictor work?

How does Kentucky handle snow days?

More winter

More for Kentucky 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.Kentucky winter forecastThe season ahead for Kentucky: 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.