Batavia, New York, 2,241 students in 4 schools

Batavia City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Batavia get?

About 59.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 10.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Batavia?

15 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 81.3 inches.

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

Batavia averages 3.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 64 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Batavia snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Batavia 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 Batavia’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Batavia, measured against Batavia's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Batavia close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Batavia’s snow record

59.3inches of snow a winter

10.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.1with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Batavia: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

4Nov

12.4Dec

19Jan

16Feb

6.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 81.3 in
6 in mornings 1.5 a winter
1 in mornings 14.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.3 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 Batavia

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Le Roy Central School DistrictLe Roy	68.4 in	2.3
Attica Central School DistrictAttica	127.8 in	5.4
Albion Central School DistrictAlbion	68.2 in	2.9
Akron Central School DistrictAkron	71.2 in	3
Medina Central School DistrictMedina	60.8 in	1.8
Brockport Central School DistrictBrockport	73.5 in	3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Batavia High School

Middle

Batavia Middle School

Elementary

John Kennedy School
Jackson School

Questions

Batavia snow day questions

How much snow does Batavia get?

What was the biggest snow day near Batavia?

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

How does the Batavia snow day predictor work?

How does New York handle snow days?

More winter

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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.