Grayson, Kentucky, 4,079 students in 12 schools

Carter County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Grayson get?

About 12.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Carter?

8 inches on March 12, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 27.3 inches.

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

Carter averages 0.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 86 percent of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Carter snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Grayson 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 Carter’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Carter close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Carter’s snow record

12.7inches of snow a winter

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

0.5with 4 in or more

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

2.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 86% of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

0.4Nov

0.6Dec

6.8Jan

2.1Feb

2.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on March 12, 2022
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 27.3 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.6 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 Carter

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Boyd County School DistrictAshland	12.3 in	0.4
Ashland Independent School DistrictAshland	12.3 in	0.4
Rowan County School DistrictMorehead	10.7 in	0.4
Johnson County School DistrictPaintsville	10.1 in	0.7
Floyd County School DistrictEastern	13.4 in	0.4
Montgomery County School DistrictMount Sterling	7.4 in	0.1

The schools

12 schools

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

High

East Carter County High School
West Carter County High School, Olive Hill
Carter County Career and Technical Center, Olive Hill

Middle

East Carter Middle School
West Carter Middle School, Olive Hill

Elementary

Prichard Elementary School
Olive Hill Elementary School, Olive Hill
Heritage Elementary School
Tygart Creek Elementary School, Olive Hill
Star Elementary School, Rush
Carter City Elementary School

Other schools

Carter Virtual Academy, Olive Hill

Questions

Carter snow day questions

How much snow does Grayson get?

What was the biggest snow day near Carter?

Does Carter get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

How does the Carter 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.