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North Syracuse Central School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in North Syracuse, measured against North Syracuse's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North Syracuse close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in North Syracuse.
The North Syracuse playbook

How North Syracuse calls a snow day

How families hear

By the district app, the district website, local TV and radio.

“The following local TV and radio stations are typically notified of emergency communications for North Syracuse Central School District: Spectrum News (Channel 10), WSTM/WTVH (TV 3/5), WSYR 9 (TV 9) and 570 WSYR (AM Radio).”
Snow Day, Delay and Early Closing Information

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“During 2-hour delayed openings school breakfast WILL NOT be served and families should ensure that their child eats before arriving at school.”

Making up a lost day

School opens on April 16, then April 15, 14, 13 and 12 of spring break, as needed.

“In the event that classes have to be cancelled for more than five (5) days, school will be in session for all PreK-12th grade students beginning with April 16, then April 15, April 14, April 13, and April 12, as needed.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 8, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
  • Last day June 25, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“When there is inclement or forecasted inclement weather, the decision to close school, delay opening or dismiss early is based on travel conditions and weather predictions to ensure the safety of all students and staff.”
Board policy

Read from North Syracuse’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is nscsd.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

North Syracuse’s snow record

102.5inches of snow a winter
11.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
4.6with 4 in or more
4.4 ina big snow morning in North Syracuse: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
2.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

9.3Nov
23.5Dec
25.4Jan
26.2Feb
16Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 24.2 in on December 30, 2025
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 153.6 in
  • 6 in mornings 2.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 19.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.3 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.

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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 Syracuse

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Liverpool Central School DistrictLiverpool98.3 in3.9
Syracuse City School DistrictSyracuse102.5 in4.61
Solvay Union Free School DistrictSolvay101.8 in5.2
Westhill Central School DistrictSyracuse101.8 in5.2
East Syracuse-Minoa Central School DistrictEast Syracuse102.5 in4.6
West Genesee Central School DistrictCamillus101.8 in5.2
The schools

11 schools

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

High

  • Cicero-North Syracuse High School, Cicero

Middle

  • Gillette Road Middle School, Cicero
  • Roxboro Road Middle School, Syracuse

Elementary

  • Smith Road Elementary School
  • Karl W Saile Bear Road Elementary School
  • Cicero Elementary School, Cicero
  • Lakeshore Road Elementary School, Cicero
  • Roxboro Road Elementary School, Syracuse
  • Allen Road Elementary School

Other schools

  • North Syracuse Junior High School
  • Main Street Elementary School
Questions

North Syracuse snow day questions

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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.