New Paltz, New York, 1,806 students in 4 schools

New Paltz Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Paltz get?

About 44 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near New Paltz?

16.5 inches on March 14, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 69.8 inches.

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

New Paltz averages 3.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 72 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the New Paltz snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Paltz 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 New Paltz’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in New Paltz, measured against New Paltz's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will New Paltz close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

New Paltz’s snow record

44inches of snow a winter

5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.4with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in New Paltz: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 72% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

3.3Nov

12Dec

8.8Jan

11.5Feb

7.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16.5 in on March 14, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 69.8 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 7.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.3 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 New Paltz

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Highland Central School DistrictHighland	28.4 in	1.4
Rondout Valley Central School DistrictAccord	44 in	3.4
Poughkeepsie City School DistrictPoughkeepsie	28.4 in	1.4
Hyde Park Central School DistrictHyde Park	28.4 in	1.4
Marlboro Central School DistrictMilton	30.6 in	1.3
Spackenkill Union Free School DistrictPoughkeepsie	30.6 in	1.3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

New Paltz Senior High School

Middle

New Paltz Middle School

Elementary

Lenape Elementary School
Duzine School

Questions

New Paltz snow day questions

How much snow does New Paltz get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Paltz?

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

How does the New Paltz 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.