Norwich, New York, 1,672 students in 4 schools

Norwich City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Norwich get?

About 52.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Norwich?

26 inches on December 17, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 95.3 inches.

Q: How does the Norwich snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Norwich 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 Norwich’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Norwich, measured against Norwich's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Norwich close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Norwich’s snow record

52.8inches of snow a winter

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

2.2with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Norwich: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

4.4Nov

12.9Dec

12.7Jan

12.2Feb

9.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 26 in on December 17, 2020
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 95.3 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 11.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Norwich

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Sherburne-Earlville Central School DistrictSherburne	66.7 in	2.7
Sidney Central School DistrictSidney	97.5 in	5
Oneonta City School DistrictOneonta	111.8 in	4
Whitney Point Central School DistrictWhitney Point	43.1 in	2
Chenango Forks Central School DistrictBinghamton	83.8 in	2.5
Mount Markham Central School DistrictWest Winfield	75.5 in	3.3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Norwich High School

Middle

Norwich Middle School

Elementary

Stanford J Gibson Primary School
Perry Browne Intermediate School

Questions

Norwich snow day questions

How much snow does Norwich get?

What was the biggest snow day near Norwich?

How does the Norwich 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

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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.