Massena, New York, 2,447 students in 5 schools

Massena Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Massena get?

About 107.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 21.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 11.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Massena?

19 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 21.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 134.1 inches.

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

Massena averages 4.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 88 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Massena snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Massena 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 Massena’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 21.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Massena, measured against Massena's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Massena close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Massena’s snow record

107.3inches of snow a winter

11.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.6with 4 in or more

4.5 ina big snow morning in Massena: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

11Nov

20.7Dec

31.6Jan

24.6Feb

15Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 134.1 in
6 in mornings 2 a winter
1 in mornings 18.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 21.7 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 Massena

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Potsdam Central School DistrictPotsdam	107.3 in	4.6
Salmon River Central School DistrictFort Covington	95.9 in	4
Canton Central School DistrictCanton	107.3 in	4.6
Malone Central School DistrictMalone	95.9 in	4
Ogdensburg City School DistrictOgdensburg	84.5 in	3.1
Gouverneur Central School DistrictGouverneur	84.5 in	3.1

The schools

5 schools

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

Middle

J William Leary Junior High School

Elementary

Madison Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Nightengale Elementary School

Other schools

Massena Senior High School

Questions

Massena snow day questions

How much snow does Massena get?

What was the biggest snow day near Massena?

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

How does the Massena 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.