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Dandridge, Tennessee, 6,854 students in 14 schools

Jefferson County School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Jefferson, measured against Jefferson's own big snow morning of 2.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Jefferson close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Dandridge.
Ten winters of school mornings

Jefferson’s snow record

6.4inches of snow a winter
0.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.2with 4 in or more
2.1 ina big snow morning in Jefferson: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

0.3Nov
1.3Dec
3.6Jan
0.7Feb
0.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8 in on January 15, 2024
  • Snowiest winter 2023 to 2024, 10.2 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 1.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.6 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.

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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 Jefferson

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Cocke County School DistrictNewport2.7 in0
Sevier County School DistrictKodak2.4 in0.1
Hamblen County School DistrictMorristown4.5 in0.1
Union County School DistrictMaynardville6.6 in0.3
Knox County School DistrictKnoxville4.3 in0.38
Claiborne County School DistrictTazewell5.6 in0.2
The schools

14 schools

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

High

  • Jefferson Co High School
  • Jefferson Virtual Academy, Strawberry Plains
  • Jefferson County Adult High School, Jefferson City

Middle

  • Maury Middle School
  • Jefferson Middle School, Jefferson City

Elementary

  • White Pine Elementary, White Pine
  • Mount Horeb Elementary School, Jefferson City
  • Dandridge Elementary
  • Rush Strong Elementary, Strawberry Plains
  • Jefferson Elementary, Jefferson City
  • Piedmont Elementary
  • New Market Elementary, New Market
  • Talbott Elementary, Talbott

Other schools

  • Dandridge Head Start, Jefferson City
Questions

Jefferson snow day questions

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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.