Auburn, New York, 3,888 students in 7 schools

Auburn City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Auburn get?

About 98.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Auburn?

19.6 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 133.9 inches.

Q: Does Auburn get more snow days than other New York districts?

Auburn averages 3.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 79 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Auburn snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Auburn 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 Auburn’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Auburn, measured against Auburn's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Auburn close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Auburn’s snow record

98.4inches of snow a winter

9.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.9with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Auburn: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 79% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

10.3Nov

19.8Dec

25.4Jan

23.5Feb

16.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19.6 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 133.9 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 18.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.2 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 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 Auburn

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Skaneateles Central School DistrictSkaneateles	98.4 in	3.9
Seneca Falls Central School DistrictSeneca Falls	73.1 in	2.7
Jordan-Elbridge Central School DistrictJordan	101.8 in	5.2
Marcellus Central School DistrictMarcellus	101.8 in	5.2
Waterloo Central School DistrictWaterloo	42.3 in	1.2
West Genesee Central School DistrictCamillus	101.8 in	5.2

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Auburn High School

Middle

Auburn Junior High School

Elementary

William H Seward Elementary School
Herman Avenue Elementary School
Casey Park Elementary School
Genesee Street Elementary School
Owasco Elementary School

Questions

Auburn snow day questions

How much snow does Auburn get?

What was the biggest snow day near Auburn?

Does Auburn get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Auburn snow day predictor work?

How does New York handle snow days?

More winter

More for New York 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.New York winter forecastThe season ahead for New York: 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.