Jasper, Tennessee, 3,996 students in 12 schools

Marion County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Jasper get?

About 2.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 17.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.3 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 Marion?

4.5 inches on January 16, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 17.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2023 to 2024, with 6 inches.

Q: How does the Marion snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Jasper 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 Marion’s own big snow morning: 2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 17.1 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 Marion, measured against Marion's own big snow morning of 2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Marion close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Marion’s snow record

2.4inches of snow a winter

0.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.1with 4 in or more

2 ina big snow morning in Marion: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0Nov

0.2Dec

1.1Jan

0.9Feb

0.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 4.5 in on January 16, 2024
Snowiest winter 2023 to 2024, 6 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 0.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 17.1 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 Marion

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hamilton County School DistrictChattanooga	1.2 in	0
Franklin County School DistrictWinchester	3.7 in	0.1
Coffee County School DistrictManchester	3.1 in	0.3
Tullahoma City School DistrictTullahoma	3.1 in	0.3
Warren County School DistrictMcMinnville	9.4 in	0.5
Bradley County School DistrictCleveland	0.4 in	0

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Marion Co High School
South Pittsburg High School, South Pittsburg
Whitwell High School, Whitwell
Marion Virtual High School
Central Prep Academy

Middle

Jasper Middle School
Whitwell Middle School, Whitwell

Elementary

Jasper Elementary School
South Pittsburg Elementary, South Pittsburg
Whitwell Elementary, Whitwell
Monteagle Elementary, Monteagle
Marion Virtual Elementary School

Questions

Marion snow day questions

How much snow does Jasper get?

What was the biggest snow day near Marion?

How does the Marion 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.