Elma, New York, 2,090 students in 6 schools

Iroquois Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Elma get?

About 113.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 11.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 5.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Iroquois?

24 inches on December 13, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 184.5 inches.

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

Iroquois averages 5.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 94 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Iroquois snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Elma 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 Iroquois’s own big snow morning: 5.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Iroquois, measured against Iroquois's own big snow morning of 5.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Iroquois close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Iroquois’s snow record

113.4inches of snow a winter

11.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

5.3with 4 in or more

5.4 ina big snow morning in Iroquois: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 94% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

13Nov

31Dec

37.1Jan

18.5Feb

11Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 24 in on December 13, 2024
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 184.5 in
6 in mornings 2.4 a winter
1 in mornings 17.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.4 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 Iroquois

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
East Aurora Union Free School DistrictEast Aurora	113.4 in	5.3
Orchard Park Central School DistrictWest Seneca	92.2 in	3.4
Lancaster Central School DistrictLancaster	92.2 in	3.4
Depew Union Free School DistrictDepew	92.2 in	3.4
Alden Central School DistrictAlden	141.8 in	6.3
West Seneca Central School DistrictWest Seneca	69 in	2.6

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Iroquois Senior High School

Middle

Iroquois Middle School
Iroquois Intermediate School

Elementary

Elma Primary School
Wales Primary School, East Aurora
Marilla Primary School, Marilla

Questions

Iroquois snow day questions

How much snow does Elma get?

What was the biggest snow day near Iroquois?

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

How does the Iroquois 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.