Madison County School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Madison, measured against Madison's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.
Will Madison close tomorrow?
How Madison calls a snow day
How families hear
By phone call, local TV, radio, the district website, social media, email and the district app.
“Please also check the local media including television stations, radio stations, the district website, the district's Facebook page or the district's Twitter page for that information.”Inclement Weather - Madison County School District
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“During a delay, the start of school will be two hours after the regular start time. Buses will run two hours after their regular morning schedule and car riders will need to be dropped off two hours after the regular drop off time.”Delay schedule
Making up a lost day
The calendar is adjusted to meet the state minimum when a traditional snow day is used; NTI days need no make up.
“The school year calendar must be adjusted to meet this state requirement if a cancellation is necessary. NTI Days do not count as lost instructional time and do not require make-up days.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 13, 2026
- Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
- Last day May 20, 2027
Read from Madison’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is madison.kyschools.us.
Madison’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 86% of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 8.2 in on March 12, 2018
- Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 24.7 in
- 6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
- 1 in mornings 2.8 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 14.1 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.
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
Districts near Madison
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Clark County School DistrictWinchester | 7.4 in | 0.1 |
| Jessamine County School DistrictNicholasville | 13 in | 0.3 |
| Fayette County School DistrictLexington | 13 in | 0.3 |
| Lincoln County School DistrictStanford | 11.7 in | 0.2 |
| Montgomery County School DistrictMount Sterling | 7.4 in | 0.1 |
| Woodford County School DistrictVersailles | 13 in | 0.3 |
22 schools
Every school in Madison follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Madison Central High School
- Madison Southern High School, Berea
- Madison County Day Treatment
- Bellevue Transitional School
- Ignite Academy North
- Ignite Academy South, Berea
Middle
- Madison Middle School
- Clark Moores Middle School
- B. Michael Caudill Middle School
- Farristown Middle School, Berea
- Foley Middle School, Berea
Elementary
- Kirksville Elementary School
- Kingston Elementary School, Berea
- Daniel Boone Elementary School
- Shannon Johnson Elementary School, Berea
- Glenn R Marshall Elementary School
- Silver Creek Elementary School, Berea
- Kit Carson Elementary School
- Waco Elementary School, Waco
- Boonesborough Elementary
- White Hall Elementary School
Other schools
- Madison Kindergarten Academy
Madison snow day questions
More for Kentucky snow days
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.