Eastern, Kentucky, 5,449 students in 14 schools

Floyd County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Eastern get?

About 13.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.6 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.4 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 Floyd?

7.6 inches on January 7, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.6 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 25.1 inches.

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

Floyd 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 Floyd snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Eastern 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 Floyd’s own big snow morning: 2.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Floyd, measured against Floyd's own big snow morning of 2.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Floyd close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Floyd’s snow record

13.4inches of snow a winter

1.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

2.7 ina big snow morning in Floyd: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

0.2Nov

2.3Dec

6Jan

2.9Feb

2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.6 in on January 7, 2022
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 25.1 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.6 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 Floyd

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Pike County School DistrictPikeville	6.6 in	0.4
Johnson County School DistrictPaintsville	10.1 in	0.7
Perry County School DistrictHazard	9.9 in	0.3
Carter County School DistrictGrayson	12.7 in	0.5
Rowan County School DistrictMorehead	10.7 in	0.4
Boyd County School DistrictAshland	12.3 in	0.4

The schools

14 schools

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

High

Floyd Central High School
Prestonsburg High School, Prestonsburg
Betsy Layne High School, Stanville
Home Instruction H.s., Petersburg

Middle

James D. Adams Middle School, Prestonsburg

Elementary

Prestonsburg Elementary School, Prestonsburg
Betsy Layne Elementary School, Betsy Layne
South Floyd Elementary School, Hi Hat
May Valley Elementary School, Martin
Allen Elementary School, Allen
Duff-Allen Central Elementary
John M. Stumbo Elementary School, Grethel
Home Instruction Elementary, Petersburg

Other schools

Renaissance Learning Center, Martin

Questions

Floyd snow day questions

How much snow does Eastern get?

What was the biggest snow day near Floyd?

Does Floyd get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

How does the Floyd 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.