Middletown City School District Snow Day Predictor, NY

Q: How does Middletown announce a snow day?

By the district website, the district app and social media, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: How many snow days does Middletown have built in?

5 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “Emergency days”.

Q: When is the last day of school for Middletown?

June 24, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Middletown get?

About 39.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 15.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Middletown?

14 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 15.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 61.8 inches.

Q: How does the Middletown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Middletown 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 Middletown’s own big snow morning: 8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 15.8 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Middletown close tomorrow?

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

The Middletown playbook

How Middletown calls a snow day

How families hear

By the district website, the district app and social media.

“These occurrences will be announced through the district website, ParentSquare (which has replaced School Messenger), Infinite Campus Parent Portal, and the district's Facebook page.”

Emergency Closing & Delays

Delayed openings

“In the event of a delayed opening, the arrival time is adjusted by the number of hours later (two or three), and that day's in-school schedule will be adjusted. Dismissal times will remain the same.”

Delay schedule

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Emergency days”.

“Emergency days available*: 5”

Source

Making up a lost day

Taken from spring recess, starting with April 2, then April 1, March 31 and March 30.

“In the event we do not meet these requirements, we will make up days starting with April 2, April 1 and March 31, and March 30.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 3, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Dec 31
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 24, 2027

District calendar

Read from Middletown’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is middletowncityschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Middletown’s snow record

39.8inches of snow a winter

5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3with 4 in or more

8 ina big snow morning in Middletown: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

2Nov

9.2Dec

10.1Jan

11.3Feb

6.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 61.8 in
6 in mornings 1.8 a winter
1 in mornings 6.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 15.8 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 Middletown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Goshen Central School DistrictGoshen	47.6 in	2.3
Minisink Valley Central School DistrictSlate Hill	39.8 in	3
Pine Bush Central School DistrictPine Bush	44 in	3.4
Washingtonville Central School DistrictWashingtonville	28.3 in	1.6
Valley Central School District (Montgomery)Montgomery	44 in	3.4
Warwick Valley Central School DistrictWarwick	47.6 in	2.3

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Middletown High School

Middle

Middletown Twin Towers Middle School
Monhagen Middle School

Elementary

Presidential Park Elementary School
Maple Hill Elementary School
William A Carter School

Questions

Middletown snow day questions

How does Middletown announce a snow day?

How many snow days does Middletown have built in?

When is the last day of school for Middletown?

How much snow does Middletown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Middletown?

How does the Middletown 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.