Madisonville, Kentucky, 6,312 students in 18 schools

Hopkins County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Madisonville get?

About 4.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Hopkins?

5 inches on January 11, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 11.5 inches.

Q: How does the Hopkins snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Madisonville 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 Hopkins’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.5 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 Hopkins, measured against Hopkins's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hopkins close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hopkins’s snow record

4.7inches of snow a winter

0.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0with 4 in or more

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

0.3Nov

0.7Dec

1.8Jan

1.1Feb

0.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 5 in on January 11, 2025
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 11.5 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 1.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.5 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 Hopkins

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Muhlenberg County School DistrictPowderly	4.7 in	0
Christian County School DistrictHopkinsville	6.3 in	0.1
Ohio County School DistrictHartford	3.6 in	0.1
Henderson County School DistrictHenderson	7.7 in	0.2
Daviess County School DistrictOwensboro	7.6 in	0.3	5
Marshall County School DistrictBenton	6.2 in	0.4

The schools

18 schools

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

High

Madisonville North Hopkins High School
Hopkins County Central High School
Hopkins County Day Treatment
Hopkins Co Career & Technology Center

Middle

James Madison Middle School
Browning Springs Middle School
South Hopkins Middle School, Nortonville

Elementary

Southside Elementary School, Nortonville
Hanson Elementary School, Hanson
Jesse Stuart Elementary School
West Broadway Elementary School
Pride Elementary School
West Hopkins School, Nebo
Grapevine Elementary School

Other schools

Hopkins County Schools Academy
Kentucky TECH - Madisonville Reg Tech Ct
Madisonville Health Technology Center
Madisonville Technical College

Questions

Hopkins snow day questions

How much snow does Madisonville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hopkins?

How does the Hopkins 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.