Fort Thomas, Kentucky, 3,167 students in 5 schools

Fort Thomas Independent School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Fort Thomas get?

About 19.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.3 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 Fort Thomas?

9.2 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 32.6 inches.

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

Fort Thomas 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 Fort Thomas snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fort Thomas 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 Fort Thomas’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.3 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Fort Thomas close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Fort Thomas’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 Fort Thomas: 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 12.3 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 Fort Thomas

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Covington Independent School DistrictCovington	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

5 schools

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

High

Highlands High School

Middle

Highlands Middle School

Elementary

Moyer Elementary School
Woodfill Elementary School
Johnson Elementary School

Questions

Fort Thomas snow day questions

How much snow does Fort Thomas get?

What was the biggest snow day near Fort Thomas?

Does Fort Thomas get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

How does the Fort Thomas snow day predictor work?

How does Kentucky handle snow days?

More winter

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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.