Pueblo City School District 60 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Pueblo get?

About 12.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Pueblo 60?

8.3 inches on October 26, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 24.2 inches.

Q: How does the Pueblo 60 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Pueblo 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 Pueblo 60’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

Q: How far ahead does the Pueblo 60 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 next three school mornings

Will Pueblo 60 close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Pueblo 60’s snow record

12.7inches of snow a winter

1.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Pueblo 60: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.7Nov

2.3Dec

2.7Jan

3.9Feb

0.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.3 in on October 26, 2020
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 24.2 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 3 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 Pueblo 60

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Pueblo County School District 70Pueblo	22.1 in	0.7
Fountain School District 8Fountain	31.6 in	1
Widefield School District 3Colorado Springs	31.6 in	1
Fremont Re-1Canon City	28.4 in	0.9
Harrison School District 2Colorado Springs	44.5 in	1.3
Cheyenne Mountain School District 12Colorado Springs	42.9 in	1.3

The schools

35 schools

Every school in Pueblo 60 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Central High School
East High School
South High School
Centennial High School
Paragon Learning Center

Middle

W H Heaton Middle School
Corwin International Magnet School
Pueblo Academy of Arts
Risley International Academy of Innovation
Roncalli Stem Academy
D60 Online School

Elementary

Goodnight Elementary School
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences
Belmont Elementary School
Sunset Park Elementary School
Columbian Elementary School
Morton Elementary School
Franklin School of Innovation
Nettie S Freed K-8 Expeditionary School
Park View Elementary School
Highland Park Elementary School
Bessemer Elementary School
Irving Elementary School
Minnequa Elementary School
South Park Elementary School
Haaff Elementary School
Bradford Elementary School
Beulah Heights Elementary School
Fountain International Magnet School
Heritage Elementary School
Eva R Baca Elementary School
Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences at Fulton Height

Other schools

Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy
Paragon Preschool
Pueblo Youth Service Center

Questions

Pueblo 60 snow day questions

How much snow does Pueblo get?

What was the biggest snow day near Pueblo 60?

How does the Pueblo 60 snow day predictor work?

How does Colorado handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Pueblo 60 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.