Danvers, Massachusetts, 3,251 students in 7 schools

Danvers School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Danvers get?

About 33.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Danvers?

15.6 inches on March 14, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 73.8 inches.

Q: How does the Danvers snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Danvers 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 Danvers’s own big snow morning: 5.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away.

Q: How far ahead does the Danvers 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 Danvers, measured against Danvers's own big snow morning of 5.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Danvers close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Danvers’s snow record

33.7inches of snow a winter

3.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.5with 4 in or more

5.3 ina big snow morning in Danvers: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.5Nov

6.3Dec

9.7Jan

9.9Feb

6.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15.6 in on March 14, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 73.8 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 5.8 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 Massachusetts rule

How Massachusetts counts a lost day

Massachusetts requires a 185 day calendar, at least 180 days actually held, and 900 hours for elementary or 990 hours for secondary students. Every day lost through March 31 is made up with full rescheduled days; after March 31, days are made up until 180 or the scheduled 185th day, whichever comes first.

The Massachusetts rules in the agency’s own words, and every Massachusetts district

Next door

Districts near Danvers

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Beverly School DistrictBeverly	33.7 in	1.5
Hamilton-Wenham School DistrictWenham	34.4 in	1.9
Masconomet School DistrictBoxford	39.8 in	2
Peabody School DistrictPeabody	33.7 in	1.5	5
Salem School DistrictSalem	36.5 in	1.9
Lynnfield School DistrictLynnfield	28.2 in	1.5

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Danvers High

Middle

Holten Richmond Middle School

Elementary

Highlands
Ivan G Smith
Willis E Thorpe
Riverside
Great Oak

Questions

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More winter

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