Kentucky snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Covington averages 23 in a year, Bowling Green 9 in
Kentucky towns, ranked
- Covingtonaverages 23 inches a year · moderate snow
- Florenceaverages 23 inches a year · moderate snow
- Independenceaverages 23 inches a year · moderate snow
- Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)averages 15 inches a year · occasional snow
- Jeffersontownaverages 15 inches a year · occasional snow
- Lexington-Fayetteaverages 15 inches a year · occasional snow
- Georgetownaverages 15 inches a year · occasional snow
- Frankfortaverages 15 inches a year · occasional snow
- Nicholasvilleaverages 10 inches a year · occasional snow
- Bowling Greenaverages 9 inches a year · occasional snow
How snow days work in Kentucky
There is no single Kentucky snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Covington averages 23 inches of snow a year against Bowling Green’s 9, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.