Covington, Kentucky, 3,585 students in 11 schools

Covington Independent School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Covington get?

About 19.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.1 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 Covington?

9.2 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 32.6 inches.

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

Covington 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 Covington snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Covington 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 Covington’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Covington, measured against Covington's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Covington close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Covington’s snow record

19.6inches of snow a winter

2.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

3.1 ina big snow morning in Covington: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

1.3Nov

3.1Dec

7.4Jan

5.5Feb

1.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.2 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 32.6 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 3.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.2 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 Covington

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Fort Thomas Independent School DistrictFort Thomas	19.6 in	0.4
Kenton County School DistrictFort Wright	19.6 in	0.4	5
Campbell County School DistrictAlexandria	19.6 in	0.4
Boone County School DistrictFlorence	19.6 in	0.4
Grant County School DistrictWilliamstown	9.8 in	0.1
Scott County School DistrictGeorgetown	13.2 in	0.1	6

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Holmes High School
Covington Adult High School
Chapman Vocational Education Center

Middle

Holmes Middle School

Elementary

Sixth District Elementary School
Glenn O Swing Elementary
John G Carlisle Elementary
Ninth District Elementary
Latonia Elementary School

Other schools

Biggs Early Childhood Education Ctr
Transformational Learning Center

Questions

Covington snow day questions

How much snow does Covington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Covington?

Does Covington get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

How does the Covington 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.