Hazard, Kentucky, 3,512 students in 9 schools

Perry County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hazard get?

About 9.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 18.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Perry?

7.1 inches on March 12, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 18.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 18.4 inches.

Q: Does Perry get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

Perry averages 0.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 51 percent of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Perry snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hazard 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 Perry’s own big snow morning: 2.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 18.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Perry, measured against Perry's own big snow morning of 2.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Perry close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Perry’s snow record

9.9inches of snow a winter

1.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

2.6 ina big snow morning in Perry: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 51% of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

0.2Nov

1.9Dec

5.2Jan

1.5Feb

1.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.1 in on March 12, 2022
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 18.4 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 2.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 18.2 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 Perry

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Floyd County School DistrictEastern	13.4 in	0.4
Pike County School DistrictPikeville	6.6 in	0.4
Johnson County School DistrictPaintsville	10.1 in	0.7
Knox County School DistrictBarbourville	3 in	0
Laurel County School DistrictLondon	3 in	0	9
Whitley County School DistrictWilliamsburg	6.6 in	0.2

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Perry County Central High School
Learning Academy

Elementary

West Perry Elementary School
East Perry County Elementary School
Robert W Combs Elementary School, Happy
Viper Elementary School, Viper
Robinson Elementary School, Ary
Perry County Alternative School

Other schools

Buckhorn School, Buckhorn

Questions

Perry snow day questions

How much snow does Hazard get?

What was the biggest snow day near Perry?

Does Perry get more snow days than other Kentucky districts?

How does the Perry 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.