Paris, Tennessee, 3,007 students in 6 schools

Henry County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Paris get?

About 3.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.1 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 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Henry?

4 inches on January 13, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 9 inches.

Q: How does the Henry snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Paris 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 Henry’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.1 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 Henry, measured against Henry's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Henry close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Henry’s snow record

3.6inches of snow a winter

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

0with 4 in or more

2.5 ina big snow morning in Henry: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.1Nov

0.1Dec

2.3Jan

0.8Feb

0.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 4 in on January 13, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 9 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 0.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.1 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 Henry

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Weakley County School DistrictDresden	3.9 in	0.3
Gibson County School DistrictDyer	4 in	0.1
Henderson County School DistrictLexington	3 in	0.1
Jackson-Madison County School SystemJackson	3.7 in	0
Clarksville-Montgomery County School SystemClarksville
Dyer County School DistrictDyersburg	3.3 in	0.1

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Henry Co High School

Elementary

Lakewood Elementary, Buchanan
Dorothy And Noble Harrelson School, Puryear
Henry Elementary, Henry

Other schools

E. W. Grove School
Henry County Virtual Academy, Henry

Questions

Henry snow day questions

How much snow does Paris get?

What was the biggest snow day near Henry?

How does the Henry 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.