Kearney Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

By phone call, radio and local TV, and on the district’s own closings page.

May 20, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

About 25.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

10.9 inches on December 29, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 41.9 inches.

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kearney 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 Kearney’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.3 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.