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Delta, Colorado, 4,489 students in 17 schools

Delta County School District 50J Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Delta 50J, measured against Delta 50J's own big snow morning of 2.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Delta 50J close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Delta.
Ten winters of school mornings

Delta 50J’s snow record

8.1inches of snow a winter
1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.1with 4 in or more
2.6 ina big snow morning in Delta 50J: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0Nov
1.7Dec
3.3Jan
1.8Feb
0.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 6 in on January 6, 2017
  • Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 13.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 2.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.5 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.

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The Colorado rule

How Colorado counts a lost day

Colorado requires at least 160 days, with 1,080 scheduled hours in secondary school and 990 in elementary. The scheduled hours can drop to 1,056 (secondary), 968 (elementary), 870 (full-day kindergarten) or 435 (half-day kindergarten) to cover conferences, staff training and closings the board judges necessary for student health, safety or welfare.

The Colorado rules in the agency’s own words, and every Colorado district

Next door

Districts near Delta 50J

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Montrose County School District RE-1JMontrose23.1 in0.7
Mesa County Valley School District 51Grand Junction7.8 in0
Garfield School District RE-2Rifle24.6 in0.4
Roaring Fork School District RE-1Carbondale45.2 in1
Eagle County School District RE 50Eagle90.9 in2.9
Durango School District 9-RDurango54 in2.9
The schools

17 schools

Every school in Delta 50J follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Delta High School
  • North Fork High School, Hotchkiss
  • Cedaredge High School, Cedaredge
  • Vision Charter Academy
  • Grand Mesa Choice Academy

Middle

  • Delta Middle School
  • Cedaredge Middle School, Cedaredge
  • Delta Academy of Applied Learning

Elementary

  • Garnet Mesa Elementary School
  • Lincoln Elementary School
  • Cedaredge Elementary School, Cedaredge
  • Hotchkiss Elementary School, Hotchkiss
  • Paonia K-8, Paonia
  • Vision Charter Academy K-8
  • North Fork School of Integrated Studies, Paonia
  • North Fork Montessori @ Crawford, Crawford

Other schools

  • Backpack Early Learning Academy
Questions

Delta 50J snow day questions

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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.