Ogdensburg, New York, 1,420 students in 3 schools

Ogdensburg City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Ogdensburg get?

About 84.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 23.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 10.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Ogdensburg?

17 inches on February 16, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 23.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 118.4 inches.

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

Ogdensburg averages 3.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 64 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Ogdensburg snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 23.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Ogdensburg, measured against Ogdensburg's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Ogdensburg close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Ogdensburg’s snow record

84.5inches of snow a winter

10.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.1with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Ogdensburg: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

15.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

8Nov

20Dec

24.9Jan

21Feb

7.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17 in on February 16, 2025
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 118.4 in
6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
1 in mornings 17.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 23.2 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 Ogdensburg

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Canton Central School DistrictCanton	107.3 in	4.6
Gouverneur Central School DistrictGouverneur	84.5 in	3.1
Potsdam Central School DistrictPotsdam	107.3 in	4.6
Massena Central School DistrictMassena	107.3 in	4.6
Indian River Central School DistrictPhiladelphia	97.5 in	6.4
Carthage Central School DistrictCarthage	121.3 in	6

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Ogdensburg Free Academy

Elementary

John F Kennedy School
Madill School

Questions

Ogdensburg snow day questions

How much snow does Ogdensburg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ogdensburg?

Does Ogdensburg get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Ogdensburg snow day predictor work?

How does New York handle 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.