Laurel County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Laurel call a snow day?

Laurel announces closings the night before when possible, otherwise by 6:00 AM, by its own published protocol.

Q: How many snow days does Laurel have built in?

9 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “Possible/Make-Up Days”.

Q: Does Laurel switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Laurel has Non Traditional Instruction days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: When is the last day of school for Laurel?

May 14, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How does the Laurel snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for London 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 Laurel’s own big snow morning: 2.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 20.7 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Laurel close tomorrow?

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

The Laurel playbook

How Laurel calls a snow day

When the call comes

The night before when possible, otherwise by 6:00 AM.

“If a decision cannot be made the night before, the Laurel County School District Team will make a decision by 6:00 AM.”

Source

How families hear

By phone call, the district website, the district app and social media.

“We strive to get the word out quickly through our phone notification system via Infinite Campus, news media outlets, the Laurel County Schools webpage, App, and our Facebook page.”

Inclement Weather Procedures | Laurel County Public Schools

9 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Possible/Make-Up Days”.

“Possible/Make-Up Days (MK): 2/15, 3/29, 3/30, 3/31, 5/17, 5/19, 5/20, 5/21, 5/24”

Source

NTI days

Laurel has Non Traditional Instruction days in its winter plan.

“NTI days are counted as regular school days and are not made up on the school calendar.”

Source

Making up a lost day

Made up on the possible make up days marked on the calendar: Feb 15, Mar 29 to 31, and May 17 to 24.

Make up dates: Feb 15, Mar 29, Mar 30, Mar 31, May 17, May 19, May 20, May 21, May 24.

“Possible/Make-Up Days (MK): 2/15, 3/29, 3/30, 3/31, 5/17, 5/19, 5/20, 5/21, 5/24”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 6, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day May 14, 2027

District calendar

Read from Laurel’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is laurel.kyschools.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Laurel’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 Laurel: 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 20.7 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 Laurel

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

The schools

19 schools

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

High

North Laurel High School
South Laurel High School
Laurel County Day Treatment
McDaniel Learning Center
Laurel Co Schools Center for Innovation

Middle

North Laurel Middle School
South Laurel Middle School

Elementary

Hunter Hills Elementary School, Corbin
London Elementary School
Bush Elementary School
Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary
Colony Elementary School
Hazel Green Elementary School, East Bernstadt
Johnson Elementary School
Camp Ground Elementary School
Sublimity Elementary School
Keavy Elementary School, Keavy
Cold Hill Elementary School

Other schools

Laurel County Schools eLearning Academy

Questions

Laurel snow day questions

When does Laurel call a snow day?

How does Laurel announce a snow day?

How many snow days does Laurel have built in?

Does Laurel switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Laurel?

How does the Laurel snow day predictor work?

How does Kentucky handle snow days?

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.