Cheektowaga, New York, 2,371 students in 3 schools

Cheektowaga Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Cheektowaga get?

About 69 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Cheektowaga?

20 inches on December 24, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 85.8 inches.

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

Cheektowaga averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 53 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Cheektowaga snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Cheektowaga 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 Cheektowaga’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Cheektowaga, measured against Cheektowaga's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Cheektowaga close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Cheektowaga’s snow record

69inches of snow a winter

8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.6with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Cheektowaga: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 53% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

8.5Nov

15.3Dec

27.2Jan

12.3Feb

5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 20 in on December 24, 2022
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 85.8 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 14.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.1 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 Cheektowaga

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School DistrictCheektowaga	92.6 in	3.6
Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School DistrictSloan	69 in	2.6
Cleveland Hill Union Free School DistrictCheektowaga	69 in	2.6
Depew Union Free School DistrictDepew	92.2 in	3.4
Amherst Central School DistrictAmherst	69 in	2.6
Lancaster Central School DistrictLancaster	92.2 in	3.4

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Cheektowaga High School

Middle

Cheektowaga Middle School

Elementary

Union East Elementary School

Questions

Cheektowaga snow day questions

How much snow does Cheektowaga get?

What was the biggest snow day near Cheektowaga?

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

How does the Cheektowaga 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.