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Arlington Central School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Arlington, measured against Arlington's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Arlington close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Lagrangeville.
The Arlington playbook

How Arlington calls a snow day

When the call comes

If possible, by 5:00 AM.

“Decisions on closing or delaying school will be made, if possible, by 5:00 AM to provide ample time for bus drivers and staff, many of whom travel significant distances to Arlington.”
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How families hear

By email, text message, the district app, the district website, social media and radio.

“If a cancellation or delay occurs, staff and families will receive an email and a text message. You will no longer receive a phone call unless the text message cannot be delivered.”
Closing/Delay Notifications

4 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “emergency days”.

“There are four emergency days built into the calendar.”
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Remote learning days

Arlington has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“If any additional make-up days are needed, the district will move to remote instructions.”
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Making up a lost day

May 28 first, then March 29, after four emergency days are used.

“If more than 4 emergency days are used, the make-up days will be as follows: 1st day: May 28, 2nd day: March 29.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 8, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 24, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“The superintendent consults with our transportation and maintenance departments, weather forecast services, and other school districts to make the best decision about delays and cancelations.”
Board policy

Read from Arlington’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is arlingtonschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Arlington’s snow record

44.6inches of snow a winter
5.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
2.1with 4 in or more
4.3 ina big snow morning in Arlington: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
2.5Nov
8Dec
11.1Jan
12.2Feb
9.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 15.2 in on February 2, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 77.6 in
  • 6 in mornings 1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 7.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.5 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.

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The New York rule

How New York counts a lost day

New York requires 180 days of session plus 900 hours a year for kindergarten to grade 6 and 990 hours for grades 7 to 12. The Commissioner can excuse up to 5 days closed for extraordinary weather, but only if the district cannot make them up by using all its scheduled vacation days before the June Regents exams.

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

Next door

Districts near Arlington

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Spackenkill Union Free School DistrictPoughkeepsie30.6 in1.3
Poughkeepsie City School DistrictPoughkeepsie28.4 in1.4
Wappingers Central School DistrictHopewell Junction30.6 in1.34
Marlboro Central School DistrictMilton30.6 in1.3
Dover Union Free School DistrictDover Plains44.6 in2.1
Pawling Central School DistrictPawling37.6 in2
The schools

11 schools

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

High

  • Arlington High School

Middle

  • Union Vale Middle School
  • Lagrange Middle School

Elementary

  • Vail Farm Elementary School
  • Arthur S May School, Poughkeepsie
  • Titusville Intermediate, Poughkeepsie
  • Overlook Primary School, Poughkeepsie
  • Beekman School, Poughquag
  • Noxon Road Elementary School, Poughkeepsie
  • Traver Road Primary School, Pleasant Valley
  • West Road/D'aquannis Intermediate School, Pleasant Valley
Questions

Arlington 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.