Dexter, New York, 1,369 students in 3 schools

General Brown Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Dexter get?

About 123.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 13.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 7.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near General Brown?

27 inches on November 19, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 171.2 inches.

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

General Brown averages 7.5 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 General Brown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Dexter 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 General Brown’s own big snow morning: 8.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in General Brown, measured against General Brown's own big snow morning of 8.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will General Brown close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

General Brown’s snow record

123.9inches of snow a winter

13.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

7.5with 4 in or more

8.8 ina big snow morning in General Brown: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

9.8school 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.

9.8Nov

31.2Dec

43.5Jan

27.5Feb

11.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 27 in on November 19, 2022
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 171.2 in
6 in mornings 4.2 a winter
1 in mornings 20 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.6 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 General Brown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Watertown City School DistrictWatertown	123.9 in	7.5
South Jefferson Central School DistrictAdams Center	123.9 in	7.5
Indian River Central School DistrictPhiladelphia	97.5 in	6.4
Carthage Central School DistrictCarthage	121.3 in	6
Lowville Academy and Central School DistrictLowville	127.4 in	7.7
Gouverneur Central School DistrictGouverneur	84.5 in	3.1

The schools

3 schools

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

High

General Brown Junior-Senior High School

Elementary

Brownville School, Brownville
Dexter Elementary School

Questions

General Brown snow day questions

How much snow does Dexter get?

What was the biggest snow day near General Brown?

Does General Brown get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the General Brown 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.