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Eagle County School District RE 50 Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Eagle County School District RE 50, measured against Eagle County School District RE 50's own big snow morning of 4.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Eagle County School District RE 50 close tomorrow?

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

Eagle County School District RE 50’s snow record

90.9inches of snow a winter
8.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
2.9with 4 in or more
4.1 ina big snow morning in Eagle County School District RE 50: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 177 Colorado districts with a station record.

8.1Nov
17.4Dec
19.7Jan
18.7Feb
14.8Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 16.4 in on November 27, 2024
  • Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 126.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 15.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 20.5 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 Eagle County School District RE 50

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Roaring Fork School District RE-1Carbondale45.2 in1
Summit School District RE-1Frisco120.3 in3
Garfield School District RE-2Rifle24.6 in0.4
Jefferson County School District R-1Golden70.9 in2.73
Boulder Valley School District RE-2Boulder71.9 in2.5
Delta County School District 50JDelta8.1 in0.1
The schools

21 schools

Every school in Eagle County School District RE 50 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Eagle Valley High School, Gypsum
  • Battle Mountain High School, Edwards
  • Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy (VSSA), Minturn
  • Red Canyon High School, Edwards
  • World Academy High School
  • Battle Mountain Early College High School, Edwards

Middle

  • Gypsum Creek Middle School, Gypsum
  • Eagle Valley Middle School
  • Berry Creek Middle School, Edwards
  • World Academy Middle School, Gypsum

Elementary

  • Homestake Peak School, Avon
  • Gypsum Elementary School, Gypsum
  • Eagle Valley Elementary School
  • Eagle County Charter Academy, Edwards
  • Red Hill Elementary School, Gypsum
  • Brush Creek Elementary School
  • Edwards Elementary School, Edwards
  • Avon Elementary School, Avon
  • Red Sandstone Elementary School, Vail
  • World Academy Elementary School, Gypsum

Other schools

  • Edwards Early Learning Center, Edwards
Questions

Eagle County School District RE 50 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.