Brandenburg, Kentucky, 4,930 students in 9 schools

Meade County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Brandenburg get?

About 7.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 13.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Meade?

5.5 inches on January 6, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 13.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 20.3 inches.

Q: How does the Meade snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Brandenburg 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 Meade’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 13.6 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 Meade, measured against Meade's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Meade close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Meade’s snow record

7.2inches of snow a winter

1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.2with 4 in or more

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

2.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.1Nov

0.8Dec

3.7Jan

1.7Feb

0.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 5.5 in on January 6, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 20.3 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 2.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 13.6 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 Meade

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Hardin County School DistrictElizabethtown	7.9 in	0.1	5
Bullitt County School DistrictShepherdsville	8.7 in	0.6	All made up
Jefferson County School DistrictLouisville	11.7 in	0.3
Grayson County School DistrictLeitchfield	3.1 in	0.1
Nelson County School DistrictBardstown	8.7 in	0.6
Spencer County School DistrictTaylorsville	12.3 in	0.3

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Meade County High School
James R. Allen High School

Middle

Stuart Pepper Middle School
David T. Wilson Elementary
Flaherty Elementary School, Ekron

Elementary

Barry Hahn Primary School
Flaherty Primary School, Ekron
Ekron Elementary School, Ekron
Payneville Elementary School, Payneville

Questions

Meade snow day questions

How much snow does Brandenburg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Meade?

How does the Meade 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.