Bartlett, Tennessee, 8,999 students in 10 schools

Bartlett City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Bartlett get?

About 4.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Bartlett?

5.5 inches on March 12, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 8.9 inches.

Q: How does the Bartlett snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bartlett 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 Bartlett’s own big snow morning: 3.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.4 miles away.

Q: Can Tennessee schools hold a remote day instead?

A district may move a class, a school or every school to remote instruction for dangerous or extreme weather; up to 5 days each semester of the required 180 may be delivered remotely.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Bartlett, measured against Bartlett's own big snow morning of 3.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Bartlett close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Bartlett’s snow record

4.3inches of snow a winter

0.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.1with 4 in or more

3.6 ina big snow morning in Bartlett: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0Nov

0.1Dec

2.4Jan

1.2Feb

0.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 5.5 in on March 12, 2022
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 8.9 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 0.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.4 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 Tennessee rule

How Tennessee counts a lost day

Tennessee requires at least 180 days of classroom instruction, with a 6.5 hour instructional day. A district that runs a half hour longer than the required 6.5 hour day all year banks the extra time as up to 13 stockpile days, which can cover days lost to dangerous or extreme weather.

The Tennessee rules in the agency’s own words, and every Tennessee district

Next door

Districts near Bartlett

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Shelby County School DistrictMemphis	3.7 in	0.3
Germantown Municipal School DistrictGermantown	3.6 in	0.2
Arlington Community School DistrictArlington	4.3 in	0.1
Collierville School DistrictCollierville	1.1 in	0
Tipton County School DistrictCovington	4.4 in	0.3
Fayette County School DistrictSomerville	3.3 in	0.2

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Bartlett High School

Middle

Elmore Park Middle School
Bon Lin Middle School
Appling Middle School

Elementary

Altruria Elementary
Bon Lin Elementary School
Rivercrest Elementary
Oak Elementary
Bartlett Elementary School
Ellendale Elementary

Questions

Bartlett snow day questions

How much snow does Bartlett get?

What was the biggest snow day near Bartlett?

How does the Bartlett snow day predictor work?

How does Tennessee handle snow days?

Can Tennessee schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for Tennessee 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.Tennessee winter forecastThe season ahead for Tennessee: 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.