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Carbondale, Colorado, 5,841 students in 14 schools

Roaring Fork School District RE-1 Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Roaring Fork RE-1, measured against Roaring Fork RE-1's own big snow morning of 2.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Roaring Fork RE-1 close tomorrow?

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

Roaring Fork RE-1’s snow record

45.2inches of snow a winter
3.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1with 4 in or more
2.9 ina big snow morning in Roaring Fork RE-1: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
3.5Nov
9.5Dec
10.9Jan
9.5Feb
6.9Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10 in on October 26, 2020
  • Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 64.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 9.4 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.

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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 Roaring Fork RE-1

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Eagle County School District RE 50Eagle90.9 in2.9
Garfield School District RE-2Rifle24.6 in0.4
Summit School District RE-1Frisco120.3 in3
Delta County School District 50JDelta8.1 in0.1
Montrose County School District RE-1JMontrose23.1 in0.7
Mesa County Valley School District 51Grand Junction7.8 in0
The schools

14 schools

Every school in Roaring Fork RE-1 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Glenwood Springs High School, Glenwood Springs
  • Roaring Fork High School
  • Basalt High School, Basalt
  • Bridges

Middle

  • Basalt Middle School, Basalt
  • Glenwood Springs Middle School, Glenwood Springs
  • Carbondale Middle School

Elementary

  • Basalt Elementary School, Basalt
  • Glenwood Springs Elementary School, Glenwood Springs
  • Crystal River Elementary School
  • Riverview School, Glenwood Springs
  • Sopris Elementary School, Glenwood Springs
  • Two Rivers Community School, Glenwood Springs
  • Carbondale Community Charter School
Questions

Roaring Fork RE-1 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.