Dresden, Tennessee, 3,932 students in 11 schools

Weakley County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Dresden get?

About 3.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10 miles away, averaged over 8 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 Weakley?

5.1 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 9.5 inches.

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

Weakley 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 Weakley snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Dresden 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 Weakley’s own big snow morning: 4.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Weakley, measured against Weakley's own big snow morning of 4.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Weakley close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Weakley’s snow record

3.9inches of snow a winter

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

0.3with 4 in or more

4.2 ina big snow morning in Weakley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

0.3Nov

0Dec

1.9Jan

1.3Feb

0.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 5.1 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 9.5 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 0.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10 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 Weakley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Henry County School DistrictParis	3.6 in	0
Gibson County School DistrictDyer	4 in	0.1
Dyer County School DistrictDyersburg	3.3 in	0.1
Jackson-Madison County School SystemJackson	3.7 in	0
Henderson County School DistrictLexington	3 in	0.1
Lauderdale County School DistrictRipley	3.5 in	0.3

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Westview High School, Martin
Dresden High School
Weakley County Center For Adult Continuing Education

Middle

Martin Middle School, Martin
Dresden Middle School

Elementary

Martin Primary, Martin
Dresden Elementary
Martin Elementary, Martin
Sharon School, Sharon

Other schools

Greenfield School, Greenfield
Gleason School, Gleason

Questions

Weakley snow day questions

How much snow does Dresden get?

What was the biggest snow day near Weakley?

Does Weakley get more snow days than other Tennessee districts?

How does the Weakley 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.