Canon City, Colorado, 3,177 students in 8 schools

Fremont Re-1 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Canon City get?

About 28.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Fremont Re-1?

8 inches on March 15, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2019 to 2020, with 41.1 inches.

Q: How does the Fremont Re-1 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Canon City 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 Fremont Re-1’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

Q: How far ahead does the Fremont Re-1 snow day predictor look?

Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and breaks are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Fremont Re-1, measured against Fremont Re-1's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Fremont Re-1 close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Fremont Re-1’s snow record

28.4inches of snow a winter

2.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Fremont Re-1: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.8Nov

3.8Dec

3.8Jan

6.1Feb

3.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on March 15, 2024
Snowiest winter 2019 to 2020, 41.1 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 4.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 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 Fremont Re-1

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Cheyenne Mountain School District 12Colorado Springs	42.9 in	1.3
Harrison School District 2Colorado Springs	44.5 in	1.3
Fountain School District 8Fountain	31.6 in	1
Widefield School District 3Colorado Springs	31.6 in	1
Pueblo City School District 60Pueblo	12.7 in	0.4
Colorado Springs School District 11Colorado Springs	38.5 in	1

The schools

8 schools

Every school in Fremont Re-1 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Canon City High School

Middle

Canon City Middle School

Elementary

Harrison School
Canon Exploratory School
Washington Elementary School
Lincoln School of Science and Technology
Mount View Core Knowledge Charter School
McKinley Elementary School

Questions

Fremont Re-1 snow day questions

How much snow does Canon City get?

What was the biggest snow day near Fremont Re-1?

How does the Fremont Re-1 snow day predictor work?

How does Colorado handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Fremont Re-1 snow day predictor look?

More winter

More for Colorado 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.Colorado winter forecastThe season ahead for Colorado: 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.