Pulaski, Tennessee, 3,644 students in 8 schools

Giles County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Pulaski get?

About 2.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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 0.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Giles?

4.7 inches on February 18, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 6.6 inches.

Q: Does Giles get more snow days than other Tennessee districts?

Giles averages 0.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 60 percent of the 106 Tennessee districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Giles snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Pulaski 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 Giles’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Giles, measured against Giles's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Giles close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Giles’s snow record

2.7inches of snow a winter

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

0.2with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Giles: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 60% of the 106 Tennessee districts with a station record.

0Nov

0Dec

1.7Jan

0.7Feb

0.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 4.7 in on February 18, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 6.6 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 0.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.2 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 Giles

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Lawrence County School DistrictLawrenceburg	2.7 in	0.2
Lincoln County School DistrictFayetteville	2.1 in	0.2
Maury County School DistrictColumbia			8
Bedford County School DistrictShelbyville	3.1 in	0.3
Tullahoma City School DistrictTullahoma	3.1 in	0.3
Williamson County School DistrictFranklin			10

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Giles Co High School
Richland School, Lynnville

Middle

Bridgeforth Middle School

Elementary

Richland Elementary, Lynnville
Pulaski Elementary
Southside Elementary
Minor Hill School, Minor Hill
Elkton Elementary, Prospect

Questions

Giles snow day questions

How much snow does Pulaski get?

What was the biggest snow day near Giles?

Does Giles get more snow days than other Tennessee districts?

How does the Giles snow day predictor work?

How does Tennessee handle snow days?

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.