Williamstown, Kentucky, 3,289 students in 6 schools

Grant County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Williamstown get?

About 9.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 18.8 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Grant?

6.8 inches on January 6, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 18.8 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 18.1 inches.

Q: How does the Grant snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Williamstown 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 Grant’s own big snow morning: 2.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 18.8 miles away.

Q: Can Kentucky schools hold a remote day instead?

A district with a Commissioner approved NTI plan may count up to the equivalent of 10 student attendance days when it closes for health or safety reasons.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Grant, measured against Grant's own big snow morning of 2.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Grant close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Grant’s snow record

9.8inches of snow a winter

1.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.1with 4 in or more

2.2 ina big snow morning in Grant: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.5Nov

0.6Dec

4.5Jan

2.3Feb

1.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6.8 in on January 6, 2025
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 18.1 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 18.8 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 Grant

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

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Grant County High School, Dry Ridge

Middle

Grant County Middle School, Dry Ridge

Elementary

Dry Ridge Elementary, Dry Ridge
Sherman Elementary, Dry Ridge
Crittenden-Mt. Zion Elementary, Dry Ridge
Mason-Corinth Elementary

Questions

Grant snow day questions

How much snow does Williamstown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Grant?

How does the Grant snow day predictor work?

How does Kentucky handle snow days?

Can Kentucky schools hold a remote day instead?

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.