Central Square, New York, 3,604 students in 6 schools

Central Square Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Central Square get?

About 84.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.8 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 12 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Central Square?

19 inches on February 14, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.8 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 153.4 inches.

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

Central Square averages 7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 97 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Central Square snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Central Square 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 Central Square’s own big snow morning: 5.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Central Square, measured against Central Square's own big snow morning of 5.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Central Square close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Central Square’s snow record

84.8inches of snow a winter

12school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

7with 4 in or more

5.3 ina big snow morning in Central Square: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 97% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

4.1Nov

14.5Dec

24.6Jan

29.9Feb

11Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19 in on February 14, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 153.4 in
6 in mornings 2.4 a winter
1 in mornings 17 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.8 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 Central Square

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Phoenix Central School DistrictPhoenix	86.6 in	4.2
Liverpool Central School DistrictLiverpool	98.3 in	3.9
North Syracuse Central School DistrictNorth Syracuse	102.5 in	4.6
Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School DistrictParish	132.9 in	10.8
Baldwinsville Central School DistrictBaldwinsville	86.6 in	4.2
Mexico Central School DistrictMexico	135.5 in	6.7

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Paul V Moore High School

Middle

Central Square Middle School

Elementary

Millard Hawk Elementary School
Brewerton Elementary School, Brewerton
Aura A Cole Elementary School, Constantia
Hastings Mallory Elementary School

Questions

Central Square snow day questions

How much snow does Central Square get?

What was the biggest snow day near Central Square?

Does Central Square get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Central Square 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.