North Tonawanda, New York, 3,198 students in 6 schools

North Tonawanda City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does North Tonawanda get?

About 75.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near North Tonawanda?

38 inches on December 25, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 110.3 inches.

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

North Tonawanda averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 53 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the North Tonawanda snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for North Tonawanda 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 Tonawanda’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in North Tonawanda, measured against North Tonawanda's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North Tonawanda close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

North Tonawanda’s snow record

75.2inches of snow a winter

6.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.6with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in North Tonawanda: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 53% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

6Nov

18.8Dec

23.9Jan

16Feb

8.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 38 in on December 25, 2022
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 110.3 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 14.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.3 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 North Tonawanda

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Tonawanda City School DistrictTonawanda	72.6 in	2.6
Grand Island Central School DistrictGrand Island	54.8 in	1.6
Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School DistrictBuffalo	72.6 in	2.6
Sweet Home Central School DistrictAmherst	75.2 in	2.6
Niagara Falls City School DistrictNiagara Falls	54.8 in	1.6	3
Starpoint Central School DistrictLockport	77.9 in	3.1

The schools

6 schools

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

High

North Tonawanda High School

Middle

North Tonawanda Intermediate School
North Tonawanda Middle School

Elementary

Ohio Elementary School
Spruce School
Drake School

Questions

North Tonawanda snow day questions

How much snow does North Tonawanda get?

What was the biggest snow day near North Tonawanda?

Does North Tonawanda get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the North Tonawanda 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.