Kingston, Tennessee, 6,318 students in 18 schools

Roane County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Kingston get?

About 2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.2 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 0.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Roane?

8 inches on January 16, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2023 to 2024, with 9 inches.

Q: How does the Roane snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kingston 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 Roane’s own big snow morning: 5.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.2 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 Roane, measured against Roane's own big snow morning of 5.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Roane close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Roane’s snow record

2inches of snow a winter

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

0.1with 4 in or more

5.6 ina big snow morning in Roane: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0Nov

0.1Dec

1.5Jan

0.2Feb

0.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on January 16, 2024
Snowiest winter 2023 to 2024, 9 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 0.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.2 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 Roane

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Loudon County School DistrictLoudon	5.5 in	0.2
Oak Ridge City School DistrictOak Ridge	5.5 in	0.2
Monroe County School DistrictMadisonville	2.2 in	0
Anderson County School DistrictClinton	3.2 in	0.1
Cumberland County School DistrictCrossville	2.2 in	0
McMinn County School DistrictAthens	2.2 in	0

The schools

18 schools

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

High

Roane County High School
Harriman High School, Harriman
Rockwood High School, Rockwood
Oliver Springs High School, Oliver Springs
Midway High School
Midtown Educational Center, Harriman

Middle

Cherokee Middle School
Harriman Middle School, Harriman
Rockwood Middle School, Rockwood
Midway Middle School, Ten Mile
Oliver Springs Middle, Oliver Springs

Elementary

Kingston Elementary
Ridge View Elementary, Rockwood
Bowers Elementary, Harriman
Midway Elementary
Dyllis Springs Elementary, Oliver Springs
Midtown Elementary, Harriman

Other schools

Roane County Virtual Academy, Harriman

Questions

Roane snow day questions

How much snow does Kingston get?

What was the biggest snow day near Roane?

How does the Roane 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.