Binghamton, New York, 1,726 students in 4 schools

Chenango Valley Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Binghamton get?

About 83.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Chenango Valley?

31.2 inches on March 14, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 135.2 inches.

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

Chenango Valley averages 2.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 52 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Chenango Valley snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Binghamton 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 Chenango Valley’s own big snow morning: 3.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Chenango Valley, measured against Chenango Valley's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Chenango Valley close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Chenango Valley’s snow record

83.8inches of snow a winter

7.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.5with 4 in or more

3.3 ina big snow morning in Chenango Valley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 52% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

9.8Nov

20.3Dec

18Jan

16.5Feb

14.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 31.2 in on March 14, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 135.2 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 14.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.3 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 Chenango Valley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Chenango Forks Central School DistrictBinghamton	83.8 in	2.5
Binghamton City School DistrictBinghamton	42.3 in	1.3
Johnson City Central School DistrictJohnson City	83.8 in	2.5
Susquehanna Valley Central School DistrictConklin	42.3 in	1.3
Maine-Endwell Central School DistrictEndwell	42.3 in	1.3
Union-Endicott Central School DistrictEndicott	42.3 in	1.3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Chenango Valley High School

Middle

Chenango Valley Middle School

Elementary

Port Dickinson Elementary School
Chenango Bridge Elementary School

Questions

Chenango Valley snow day questions

How much snow does Binghamton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Chenango Valley?

Does Chenango Valley get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Chenango Valley 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.