Sanborn, New York, 3,271 students in 6 schools

Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Sanborn get?

About 77.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Niagara-Wheatfield?

15.6 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 107.1 inches.

Q: Does Niagara-Wheatfield get more snow days than other New York districts?

Niagara-Wheatfield averages 3.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 64 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Niagara-Wheatfield snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Sanborn 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 Niagara-Wheatfield’s own big snow morning: 3.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Niagara-Wheatfield, measured against Niagara-Wheatfield's own big snow morning of 3.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Niagara-Wheatfield close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Niagara-Wheatfield’s snow record

77.9inches of snow a winter

7.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.1with 4 in or more

3.7 ina big snow morning in Niagara-Wheatfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

6.9Nov

14.5Dec

26.2Jan

20.3Feb

7.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15.6 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 107.1 in
6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
1 in mornings 15.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.2 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 Niagara-Wheatfield

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Starpoint Central School DistrictLockport	77.9 in	3.1
Niagara Falls City School DistrictNiagara Falls	54.8 in	1.6	3
North Tonawanda City School DistrictNorth Tonawanda	75.2 in	2.6
Grand Island Central School DistrictGrand Island	54.8 in	1.6
Lewiston-Porter Central School DistrictYoungstown	54.8 in	1.6
Tonawanda City School DistrictTonawanda	72.6 in	2.6

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Niagara-Wheatfield Senior High School

Middle

Edward Town Middle School

Elementary

Errick Road Elementary School, North Tonawanda
West Street Elementary School
Colonial Village Elementary School, Niagara Falls
Tuscarora Elementary School, Lewiston

Questions

Niagara-Wheatfield snow day questions

How much snow does Sanborn get?

What was the biggest snow day near Niagara-Wheatfield?

Does Niagara-Wheatfield get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Niagara-Wheatfield 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.