Jacksboro, Tennessee, 5,210 students in 16 schools

Campbell County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Jacksboro get?

About 3.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.4 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 Campbell?

7.6 inches on March 12, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 9.2 inches.

Q: How does the Campbell snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Jacksboro 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 Campbell’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.7 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 Campbell, measured against Campbell's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Campbell close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Campbell’s snow record

3.2inches of snow a winter

0.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.1with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Campbell: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0Nov

0.5Dec

1.9Jan

0Feb

0.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.6 in on March 12, 2022
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 9.2 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 0.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.7 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 Campbell

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Anderson County School DistrictClinton	3.2 in	0.1
Union County School DistrictMaynardville	6.6 in	0.3
Oak Ridge City School DistrictOak Ridge	5.5 in	0.2
Knox County School DistrictKnoxville	4.3 in	0.3	8
Claiborne County School DistrictTazewell	5.6 in	0.2
Roane County School DistrictKingston	2 in	0.1

The schools

16 schools

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

High

Campbell County Comprehensive High School
Jellico High School, Jellico
Campbell Co Adult High School, Lafollette
East Lafollette Learning Academy, LaFollette
Jellico Learning Academy, Jellico
North Cumberland Online School

Middle

Jacksboro Middle School
Lafollette Middle School, La Follette

Elementary

Caryville Elementary, Caryville
Jacksboro Elementary
LaFollette Elementary School, LaFollette
Valley View Elementary, LaFollette
Jellico Elementary, Jellico
Wynn Habersham Elementary, Duff
White Oak Elementary, Duff
Elk Valley Elementary, Pioneer

Questions

Campbell snow day questions

How much snow does Jacksboro get?

What was the biggest snow day near Campbell?

How does the Campbell 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.