Dyer, Tennessee, 3,921 students in 9 schools

Gibson County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Dyer get?

About 4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 14.8 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 Gibson?

5.2 inches on January 13, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 14.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 8.4 inches.

Q: How does the Gibson snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Dyer 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 Gibson’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 14.8 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 Gibson, measured against Gibson's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Gibson close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Gibson’s snow record

4inches of snow a winter

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

0.1with 4 in or more

2.8 ina big snow morning in Gibson: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.1Nov

0.2Dec

2.4Jan

1Feb

0.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 5.2 in on January 13, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 8.4 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 0.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 14.8 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 Gibson

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Dyer County School DistrictDyersburg	3.3 in	0.1
Weakley County School DistrictDresden	3.9 in	0.3
Jackson-Madison County School SystemJackson	3.7 in	0
Lauderdale County School DistrictRipley	3.5 in	0.3
Henderson County School DistrictLexington	3 in	0.1
Henry County School DistrictParis	3.6 in	0

The schools

9 schools

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

High

South Gibson County High School, Medina
Gibson County High School

Middle

South Gibson County Middle School, Medina

Elementary

South Gibson County Elementary School, Medina
Dyer Elementary
Rutherford Elementary, Rutherford
Yorkville Elementary, Yorkville
Spring Hill Elementary, Trenton
Kenton Elementary School, Kenton

Questions

Gibson snow day questions

How much snow does Dyer get?

What was the biggest snow day near Gibson?

How does the Gibson 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.