Champlain, New York, 1,261 students in 4 schools

Northeastern Clinton Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Champlain get?

About 60.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 15 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Northeastern Clinton?

11.2 inches on February 8, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 15 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 83.5 inches.

Q: How does the Northeastern Clinton snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Champlain 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 Northeastern Clinton’s own big snow morning: 3.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 15 miles away.

Q: Can New York schools hold a remote day instead?

A district that would otherwise close for a storm may stay in session remotely under its emergency remote instruction plan, and that day counts toward the 180 days and the hours; districts are not required to do it.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Northeastern Clinton close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Northeastern Clinton’s snow record

60.7inches of snow a winter

6.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2with 4 in or more

3.7 ina big snow morning in Northeastern Clinton: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

7.1Nov

9.8Dec

16.9Jan

17Feb

7.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.2 in on February 8, 2020
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 83.5 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 10.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 15 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 Northeastern Clinton

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Beekmantown Central School DistrictWest Chazy	76.3 in	3.1
Plattsburgh City School DistrictPlattsburgh	76.3 in	3.1
Saranac Central School DistrictDannemora	76.3 in	3.1
Peru Central School DistrictPeru	76.3 in	3.1
AuSable Valley Central School DistrictClintonville	76.3 in	3.1
Malone Central School DistrictMalone	95.9 in	4

The schools

4 schools

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

Middle

Northeastern Clinton Middle School

Elementary

Mooers Elementary School, Mooers
Rouses Point Elementary School, Rouses Point

Other schools

Northeastern Clinton Senior High School

Questions

Northeastern Clinton snow day questions

How much snow does Champlain get?

What was the biggest snow day near Northeastern Clinton?

How does the Northeastern Clinton snow day predictor work?

How does New York handle snow days?

Can New York schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for New York snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.New York winter forecastThe season ahead for New York: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.