Johnstown, New York, 1,582 students in 4 schools

Johnstown City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Johnstown get?

About 127.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 13.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 5.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Johnstown?

19.5 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 155.6 inches.

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

Johnstown averages 5.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Johnstown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Johnstown 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 Johnstown’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Johnstown, measured against Johnstown's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Johnstown close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Johnstown’s snow record

127.3inches of snow a winter

13.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

5.2with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Johnstown: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

13.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

9.9Nov

29.3Dec

31.1Jan

30.2Feb

21.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19.5 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 155.6 in
6 in mornings 2.7 a winter
1 in mornings 22 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.5 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 Johnstown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Gloversville City School DistrictGloversville	127.3 in	5.2
Fonda-Fultonville Central School DistrictFonda	65 in	2.8
Broadalbin-Perth Central School DistrictBroadalbin	127.3 in	5.2
Amsterdam City School DistrictAmsterdam	44.6 in	2.6
Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School DistrictCobleskill	65 in	2.8
Little Falls City School DistrictLittle Falls	65 in	2.8

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Johnstown High School

Middle

Knox Middle School

Elementary

Warren Street School
Pleasant Avenue School

Questions

Johnstown snow day questions

How much snow does Johnstown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Johnstown?

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

How does the Johnstown 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.