Mexico, New York, 2,096 students in 5 schools

Mexico Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Mexico get?

About 135.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 14 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 6.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mexico?

19.5 inches on February 18, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 215.4 inches.

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

Mexico averages 6.7 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 Mexico snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Mexico 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 Mexico’s own big snow morning: 5.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Mexico, measured against Mexico's own big snow morning of 5.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Mexico close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mexico’s snow record

135.5inches of snow a winter

14school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

6.7with 4 in or more

5.1 ina big snow morning in Mexico: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 97% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

11.4Nov

24.8Dec

45.4Jan

39.4Feb

12Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19.5 in on February 18, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 215.4 in
6 in mornings 3.1 a winter
1 in mornings 21.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2 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 Mexico

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School DistrictParish	132.9 in	10.8
Central Square Central School DistrictCentral Square	84.8 in	7
Oswego City School DistrictOswego	91.2 in	4.6
Fulton City School DistrictFulton	114.6 in	5.7
Phoenix Central School DistrictPhoenix	86.6 in	4.2
Hannibal Central School DistrictHannibal	123 in	6.1

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Mexico High School

Middle

Mexico Middle School

Elementary

Mexico Elementary School
New Haven Elementary School, New Haven
Palermo Elementary School, Fulton

Questions

Mexico snow day questions

How much snow does Mexico get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mexico?

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

How does the Mexico 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.