Broadalbin, New York, 1,703 students in 2 schools

Broadalbin-Perth Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Broadalbin get?

About 127.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 13.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 5.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Broadalbin-Perth?

19.5 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 155.6 inches.

Q: Does Broadalbin-Perth get more snow days than other New York districts?

Broadalbin-Perth averages 5.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Broadalbin-Perth snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Broadalbin 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 Broadalbin-Perth’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.6 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Broadalbin-Perth close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Broadalbin-Perth’s snow record

127.3inches of snow a winter

13.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

5.2with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Broadalbin-Perth: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

13.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

9.9Nov

29.3Dec

31.1Jan

30.2Feb

21.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19.5 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 155.6 in
6 in mornings 2.7 a winter
1 in mornings 22 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.6 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 Broadalbin-Perth

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Amsterdam City School DistrictAmsterdam	44.6 in	2.6
Gloversville City School DistrictGloversville	127.3 in	5.2
Johnstown City School DistrictJohnstown	127.3 in	5.2
Fonda-Fultonville Central School DistrictFonda	65 in	2.8
Ballston Spa Central School DistrictBallston Spa	56.9 in	3.3
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School DistrictBurnt Hills	44.6 in	2.6

The schools

2 schools

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

High

Broadalbin-Perth Junior-Senior High School

Elementary

Broadalbin-Perth Elementary School, Amsterdam

Questions

Broadalbin-Perth snow day questions

How much snow does Broadalbin get?

What was the biggest snow day near Broadalbin-Perth?

Does Broadalbin-Perth get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Broadalbin-Perth 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.