Colorado Springs, Colorado, 12,024 students in 28 schools

Harrison School District 2 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Colorado Springs get?

About 44.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Harrison?

10.3 inches on March 15, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2019 to 2020, with 73.6 inches.

Q: Does Harrison get more snow days than other Colorado districts?

Harrison averages 1.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 54 percent of the 177 Colorado districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Harrison snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Colorado Springs 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 Harrison’s own big snow morning: 3.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Harrison, measured against Harrison's own big snow morning of 3.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Harrison close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Harrison’s snow record

44.5inches of snow a winter

3.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

3.7 ina big snow morning in Harrison: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 54% of the 177 Colorado districts with a station record.

3.1Nov

4.2Dec

5Jan

12.2Feb

7.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.3 in on March 15, 2024
Snowiest winter 2019 to 2020, 73.6 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 6.4 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 Harrison

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Cheyenne Mountain School District 12Colorado Springs	42.9 in	1.3
Colorado Springs School District 11Colorado Springs	38.5 in	1
Widefield School District 3Colorado Springs	31.6 in	1
Fountain School District 8Fountain	31.6 in	1
Academy School District 20Colorado Springs	59.5 in	2.3
School District 49Peyton	50.1 in	2.1

The schools

28 schools

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

High

Harrison High School
Sierra High School
Atlas Preparatory High School
James Irwin Charter High School
The Vanguard School (High)
Career Readiness Academy

Middle

Atlas Preparatory Middle School
James Irwin Charter Middle School
Fox Meadow Middle School
Panorama Middle School
The Vanguard School (Middle)

Elementary

The Vanguard School (Elementary)
Soaring Eagles Community School
Mountain Vista Community School
Sand Creek International School
Carmel Community School
James Irwin Elementary School - Astrozon
Otero Elementary School
Wildflower Elementary School
Centennial Elementary School
Stratton Meadows Elementary School
Atlas Preparatory Elementary School
Giberson Elementary School
Oak Creek Elementary School
Bricker Elementary School
Monterey Elementary School
Turman Elementary School

Other schools

Aspire Online Academy

Questions

Harrison snow day questions

How much snow does Colorado Springs get?

What was the biggest snow day near Harrison?

Does Harrison get more snow days than other Colorado districts?

How does the Harrison snow day predictor work?

How does Colorado handle snow days?

More winter

More for Colorado snow days

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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.