Wolcott, New York, 1,149 students in 3 schools

North Rose-Wolcott Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Wolcott get?

About 73.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 22 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near North Rose-Wolcott?

16 inches on November 22, 2016, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 22 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 125 inches.

Q: Does North Rose-Wolcott get more snow days than other New York districts?

North Rose-Wolcott averages 2.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 56 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the North Rose-Wolcott snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Wolcott 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 North Rose-Wolcott’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 22 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in North Rose-Wolcott, measured against North Rose-Wolcott's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North Rose-Wolcott close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

North Rose-Wolcott’s snow record

73.1inches of snow a winter

8.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.7with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in North Rose-Wolcott: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 56% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

7.4Nov

16.2Dec

18.9Jan

19.9Feb

9.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16 in on November 22, 2016
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 125 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 16.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 22 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 North Rose-Wolcott

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Sodus Central School DistrictSodus	60.6 in	1.6
Hannibal Central School DistrictHannibal	123 in	6.1
Newark Central School DistrictNewark	65.7 in	2.3
Williamson Central School DistrictWilliamson	60.6 in	1.6
Seneca Falls Central School DistrictSeneca Falls	73.1 in	2.7
Jordan-Elbridge Central School DistrictJordan	101.8 in	5.2

The schools

3 schools

Every school in North Rose-Wolcott follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

North Rose-Wolcott High School

Middle

North Rose-Wolcott Middle School

Elementary

North Rose-Wolcott Elementary School, North Rose

Questions

North Rose-Wolcott snow day questions

How much snow does Wolcott get?

What was the biggest snow day near North Rose-Wolcott?

Does North Rose-Wolcott get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the North Rose-Wolcott 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.