Kingsport, Tennessee, 7,653 students in 12 schools

Kingsport City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Kingsport get?

About 3.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.2 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 Kingsport?

8.8 inches on December 9, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 8.8 inches.

Q: How does the Kingsport snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kingsport 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 Kingsport’s own big snow morning: 2.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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 Kingsport, measured against Kingsport's own big snow morning of 2.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Kingsport close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Kingsport’s snow record

3.4inches of snow a winter

0.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0with 4 in or more

2.4 ina big snow morning in Kingsport: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.2Nov

1Dec

1.9Jan

0.1Feb

0.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.8 in on December 9, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 8.8 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 0.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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 Kingsport

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Sullivan County School DistrictBlountville	7.4 in	0
Washington County School DistrictJonesborough	4.8 in	0.2
Johnson City School DistrictJohnson City	5.8 in	0
Bristol City School DistrictBristol	7.7 in	0.1
Carter County School DistrictElizabethton	5.8 in	0
Hawkins County School DistrictRogersville	3.4 in	0.1

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Dobyns - Bennett High School

Middle

Ross N. Robinson Middle School
John Sevier Middle School

Elementary

Andrew Johnson Elementary School
George Washington Elementary School
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
John Adams Elementary School
Andrew Jackson Elementary School
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School
John F. Kennedy Elementary School

Other schools

Palmer Early Learning Center

Questions

Kingsport snow day questions

How much snow does Kingsport get?

What was the biggest snow day near Kingsport?

How does the Kingsport 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.