Elkhorn Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Elkhorn announces closings the evening before if possible (for a 2-hour late start or early release), by its own published protocol.

By email and phone call, and on the district’s own closings page.

2 hours: on a delay morning every school starts that much later.

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

About 19.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.5 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1 with 4 inches or more.

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn’s own big snow morning: 5.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.5 miles away.

Nebraska requires at least 1,032 instructional hours for elementary grades and 1,080 for high school. At the State Board's discretion, a district that closed for severe storms or epidemic sickness keeps its accreditation and state aid, after the board secretary files a sworn statement if fewer hours will be offered.