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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 4,876 students in 14 schools

Pittsfield School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Pittsfield, measured against Pittsfield's own big snow morning of 5.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Pittsfield close tomorrow?

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

Pittsfield’s snow record

53.5inches of snow a winter
5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
2.8with 4 in or more
5.4 ina big snow morning in Pittsfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
5.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 85% of the 291 Massachusetts districts with a station record.

4.3Nov
12.3Dec
12.8Jan
10.9Feb
11.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 16.6 in on March 8, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 91.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.9 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 8.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.4 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.

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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 Pittsfield

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Central Berkshire School DistrictDalton72.5 in3.4
Berkshire Hills School DistrictStockbridge53.5 in2.8
Mount Greylock School DistrictWilliamstown72.5 in3.4
North Adams School DistrictNorth Adams72.5 in3.4
Easthampton School DistrictEasthampton53.4 in3.1
Northampton School DistrictNorthampton34.2 in2.1
The schools

14 schools

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

High

  • Taconic High
  • Pittsfield High
  • Eagle Education Academy

Middle

  • Theodore Herberg Middle
  • John T Reid Middle

Elementary

  • Egremont
  • Morningside Community School
  • Silvio O Conte Community
  • Williams
  • Allendale
  • Crosby
  • Stearns
  • Robert T. Capeless Elementary School
  • Crosby Educational Academy
Questions

Pittsfield snow day 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.