Barbourville, Kentucky, 3,809 students in 15 schools

Knox County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Barbourville get?

About 3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.4 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 Knox?

2.5 inches on January 16, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2023 to 2024, with 6 inches.

Q: How does the Knox snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Barbourville 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 Knox’s own big snow morning: 2.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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 Knox, measured against Knox's own big snow morning of 2.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Knox close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Knox’s snow record

3inches of snow a winter

0.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0with 4 in or more

2.4 ina big snow morning in Knox: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0Nov

0.4Dec

1.8Jan

0.7Feb

0.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 2.5 in on January 16, 2024
Snowiest winter 2023 to 2024, 6 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 1.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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 Knox

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Whitley County School DistrictWilliamsburg	6.6 in	0.2
Laurel County School DistrictLondon	3 in	0	9
Perry County School DistrictHazard	9.9 in	0.3
Wayne County School DistrictMonticello	1.6 in	0.1
Lincoln County School DistrictStanford	11.7 in	0.2
Madison County School DistrictRichmond	12.4 in	0.5

The schools

15 schools

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

High

Knox Central High School
Lynn Camp Middle High School, Corbin
Knox County Learning Academy
Knox Appalachian School
Knox County Day Treatment
Knox County Career and Technical Center

Middle

Knox County Middle School

Elementary

Lynn Camp Elementary School, Corbin
Central Elementary School
Jesse D Lay Elementary School
Girdler Elementary School, Girdler
G R Hampton Elementary School
Flat Lick Elementary School, Flat Lick
Dewitt Elementary School, Flat Lick

Other schools

Knox Inspire Academy

Questions

Knox snow day questions

How much snow does Barbourville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Knox?

How does the Knox 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.