North Andover, Massachusetts, 4,463 students in 8 schools

North Andover School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does North Andover get?

About 37.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near North Andover?

21 inches on March 14, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 69.6 inches.

Q: How does the North Andover snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for North Andover 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 North Andover’s own big snow morning: 9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the North Andover 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 North Andover, measured against North Andover's own big snow morning of 9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North Andover close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

North Andover’s snow record

37.5inches of snow a winter

4.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

9 ina big snow morning in North Andover: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1Nov

7.6Dec

9Jan

11Feb

8.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 21 in on March 14, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 69.6 in
6 in mornings 1.7 a winter
1 in mornings 6.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles 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 North Andover

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Lawrence School DistrictLawrence	37.5 in	1.9	5
Andover School DistrictAndover	45.7 in	2.4	5
Methuen School DistrictMethuen	37.5 in	1.9	5
Haverhill School DistrictHaverhill	43.4 in	1.7	5
Georgetown School DistrictGeorgetown	52.6 in	2.5
North Reading School DistrictNorth Reading	45 in	2.8

The schools

8 schools

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

High

North Andover High

Middle

North Andover Middle

Elementary

Annie L Sargent School
Franklin
Thomson
Atkinson
Kittredge

Other schools

Anne Bradstreet Early Childhood Center

Questions

North Andover snow day questions

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More winter

More for Massachusetts 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.