Shelby County School District Snow Day Predictor, TN

Q: When is the last day of school for Shelby?

May 20, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Memphis get?

About 3.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Shelby?

7.5 inches on January 10, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 10.3 inches.

Q: Does Shelby get more snow days than other Tennessee districts?

Shelby averages 0.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 84 percent of the 106 Tennessee districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Shelby snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Memphis 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 Shelby’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Shelby close tomorrow?

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

The Shelby playbook

How Shelby calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 3, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
Last day May 20, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

“The Superintendent is empowered to close the schools or to dismiss them early in the event of hazardous weather or other emergencies which threaten the health or safety of students and personnel.”

Board policy

Read from Shelby’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is scsk12.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Shelby’s snow record

3.7inches of snow a winter

0.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Shelby: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 84% of the 106 Tennessee districts with a station record.

0.1Nov

0.1Dec

2.1Jan

1.2Feb

0.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.5 in on January 10, 2025
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 10.3 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 0.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.1 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 Shelby

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Bartlett City School DistrictBartlett	4.3 in	0.1
Germantown Municipal School DistrictGermantown	3.6 in	0.2
Collierville School DistrictCollierville	1.1 in	0
Arlington Community School DistrictArlington	4.3 in	0.1
Tipton County School DistrictCovington	4.4 in	0.3
Fayette County School DistrictSomerville	3.3 in	0.2

The schools

222 schools, the 40 largest here

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

High

Cordova High School, Cordova
White Station High
Germantown High, Germantown
Southwind High
Whitehaven High
Overton High
Kingsbury High
Central High
Craigmont High
Ridgeway High
Memphis Rise Academy
Raleigh-Egypt High
Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship

Middle

White Station Middle
Colonial Middle
Kate Bond Middle School
Hickory Ridge Middle
Havenview Middle

Elementary

Dexter School, Cordova
Snowden Elementary/Middle
Macon-Hall Elementary, Cordova
Belle Forest Community School
Riverwood Elementary School, Cordova
Chimneyrock Elementary School, Cordova
Lowrance Elementary/Middle
Richland Elementary
Grahamwood Elementary
Treadwell Elementary
Parkway Village Elementary
White Station Elementary
Holmes Road Elementary
Kate Bond Elementary School, Bartlett
Cordova Elementary, Cordova
Highland Oaks Elementary
Shelby Oaks Elementary
Downtown Elementary
Germanshire Elementary, Germantown
Westhaven Elementary
Alcy Elementary

Other schools

Early Childhood Programs

Questions

Shelby snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Shelby?

How much snow does Memphis get?

What was the biggest snow day near Shelby?

Does Shelby get more snow days than other Tennessee districts?

How does the Shelby snow day predictor work?

How does Tennessee handle snow days?

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.