Pueblo, Colorado, 10,644 students in 27 schools

Pueblo County School District 70 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Pueblo get?

About 22.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Pueblo 70?

8.5 inches on October 26, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2019 to 2020, with 37.2 inches.

Q: How does the Pueblo 70 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 70’s own big snow morning: 3.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away.

Q: How far ahead does the Pueblo 70 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 Pueblo 70, measured against Pueblo 70's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Pueblo 70 close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Pueblo 70’s snow record

22.1inches of snow a winter

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

0.7with 4 in or more

3.3 ina big snow morning in Pueblo 70: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.6Nov

3.3Dec

4.3Jan

6.5Feb

1.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.5 in on October 26, 2020
Snowiest winter 2019 to 2020, 37.2 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1 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 70

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Pueblo City School District 60Pueblo	12.7 in	0.4
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

27 schools

Every school in Pueblo 70 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Pueblo West High School, Pueblo West
Pueblo County High School
Rye High School, Rye
Swallows Charter Academy High School, Pueblo West

Middle

Sky View Middle School, Pueblo West
Liberty Point International School, Pueblo West
Pleasant View Middle School
Vineland Middle School
The Connect Charter School
Craver Middle School, Colorado City
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School
Beulah Middle School, Beulah

Elementary

Swallows Charter Academy, Pueblo West
Prairie Winds Elementary School, Pueblo West
Cedar Ridge Elementary School, Pueblo West
Liberty Point Elementary School, Pueblo West
Sierra Vista Elementary School, Pueblo West
North Mesa Elementary School
Desert Sage Elementary School, Pueblo West
South Mesa Elementary School
Vineland Elementary School
Rye Elementary School, Rye
Villa Bella Expeditionary School
Avondale Elementary School, Avondale
Beulah Elementary School, Beulah

Other schools

70 Online
Pueblo Classical Academy, Pueblo West

Questions

Pueblo 70 snow day questions

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What was the biggest snow day near Pueblo 70?

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How does Colorado handle snow days?

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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.