Carthage, New York, 3,127 students in 5 schools

Carthage Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Carthage get?

About 121.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 12.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Carthage?

42 inches on November 19, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 160.2 inches.

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

Carthage averages 6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 96 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Carthage snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Carthage 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 Carthage’s own big snow morning: 7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Carthage, measured against Carthage's own big snow morning of 7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Carthage close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Carthage’s snow record

121.3inches of snow a winter

12.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

6with 4 in or more

7 ina big snow morning in Carthage: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 96% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

13.5Nov

25.9Dec

43.5Jan

25.9Feb

10.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 42 in on November 19, 2022
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 160.2 in
6 in mornings 3.6 a winter
1 in mornings 18.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.7 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 Carthage

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Indian River Central School DistrictPhiladelphia	97.5 in	6.4
Watertown City School DistrictWatertown	123.9 in	7.5
Lowville Academy and Central School DistrictLowville	127.4 in	7.7
General Brown Central School DistrictDexter	123.9 in	7.5
South Jefferson Central School DistrictAdams Center	123.9 in	7.5
Gouverneur Central School DistrictGouverneur	84.5 in	3.1

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Carthage Senior High School

Middle

Carthage Middle School

Elementary

Black River School, Black River
Carthage Elementary School
West Carthage Elementary School

Questions

Carthage snow day questions

How much snow does Carthage get?

What was the biggest snow day near Carthage?

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

How does the Carthage snow day predictor work?

How does New York handle snow days?

More winter

More for New York snow days

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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.