East Meadow Union Free School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: Does East Meadow switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. East Meadow has remote learning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: When is the last day of school for East Meadow?

June 25, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Westbury get?

About 13.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near East Meadow?

23 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 46.6 inches.

Q: How does the East Meadow snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Westbury 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 East Meadow’s own big snow morning: 10.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will East Meadow close tomorrow?

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

The East Meadow playbook

How East Meadow calls a snow day

Remote learning days

East Meadow has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“if a school or district closure is necessary, in the event of inclement weather, the district will first exhaust its “emergency closure/snow days” prior to shifting to remote instruction.”

Source

Making up a lost day

May 28 is a day off only if no inclement weather days are used before April 1.

“May 28 Closed if no inclement weather days are taken before Apr. 1”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 2, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 25, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

“The decision to close schools or delay the opening of schools due to severe weather or other emergency conditions rests with the Superintendent of Schools.”

Board policy

Read from East Meadow’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is emufsd.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

East Meadow’s snow record

13.8inches of snow a winter

1.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1with 4 in or more

10.8 ina big snow morning in East Meadow: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0Nov

2.1Dec

3.7Jan

7.9Feb

0Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 23 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 46.6 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 2 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 East Meadow

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Westbury Union Free School DistrictOld Westbury	12 in	0.7
Carle Place Union Free School DistrictCarle Place	12 in	0.7
Hicksville Union Free School DistrictHicksville	12 in	0.7
East Williston Union Free School DistrictOld Westbury	12 in	0.7
Uniondale Union Free School DistrictUniondale	13.8 in	1
North Merrick Union Free School DistrictMerrick	13.8 in	1

The schools

9 schools

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

High

East Meadow High School, East Meadow
W Tresper Clarke High School

Middle

Woodland Middle School, East Meadow
Clarke Middle School

Elementary

Bowling Green School
McVey Elementary School, East Meadow
Barnum Woods School, East Meadow
Parkway School, East Meadow
Meadowbrook Elementary School, East Meadow

Questions

East Meadow snow day questions

Does East Meadow switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for East Meadow?

How much snow does Westbury get?

What was the biggest snow day near East Meadow?

How does the East Meadow 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.