Oneida, New York, 1,775 students in 6 schools

Oneida City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Oneida get?

About 98.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Oneida?

27 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 132.4 inches.

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

Oneida averages 4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 81 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Oneida snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Oneida 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 Oneida’s own big snow morning: 4.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Oneida, measured against Oneida's own big snow morning of 4.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Oneida close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Oneida’s snow record

98.1inches of snow a winter

9.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4with 4 in or more

4.2 ina big snow morning in Oneida: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

8.6Nov

18.9Dec

21.9Jan

27Feb

17.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 27 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 132.4 in
6 in mornings 2.1 a winter
1 in mornings 16.1 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 Oneida

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Canastota Central School DistrictCanastota	98.1 in	4
Sherrill City School DistrictVerona	98.1 in	4
Chittenango Central School DistrictChittenango	85.3 in	3.7
Cazenovia Central School DistrictCazenovia	118.2 in	4.9
Clinton Central School DistrictClinton	75.5 in	3.3
Rome City School DistrictRome	89.6 in	4.1

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Oneida Senior High School

Middle

Otto L Shortell Middle School, Wampsville

Elementary

Seneca Street School
Durhamville School, Durhamville
W F Prior Elementary School
North Broad Street School

Questions

Oneida snow day questions

How much snow does Oneida get?

What was the biggest snow day near Oneida?

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

How does the Oneida snow day predictor work?

How does New York handle snow days?

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.