Oswego, New York, 3,566 students in 7 schools

Oswego City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Oswego get?

About 91.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Oswego?

30 inches on December 27, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 163.1 inches.

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

Oswego averages 4.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 88 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Oswego snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Oswego 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 Oswego’s own big snow morning: 5.5 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 Oswego, measured against Oswego's own big snow morning of 5.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Oswego close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Oswego’s snow record

91.2inches of snow a winter

9.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.6with 4 in or more

5.5 ina big snow morning in Oswego: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

6Nov

21.6Dec

27.7Jan

24.8Feb

10.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 30 in on December 27, 2017
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 163.1 in
6 in mornings 2.5 a winter
1 in mornings 15.5 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 Oswego

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hannibal Central School DistrictHannibal	123 in	6.1
Fulton City School DistrictFulton	114.6 in	5.7
Mexico Central School DistrictMexico	135.5 in	6.7
Phoenix Central School DistrictPhoenix	86.6 in	4.2
Baldwinsville Central School DistrictBaldwinsville	86.6 in	4.2
Central Square Central School DistrictCentral Square	84.8 in	7

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Oswego High School

Middle

Oswego Middle School

Elementary

Kingsford Park Elementary School
Minetto Elementary School, Minetto
Charles E Riley Elementary School
Fitzhugh Park Elementary School
Leighton Elementary School

Questions

Oswego snow day questions

How much snow does Oswego get?

What was the biggest snow day near Oswego?

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

How does the Oswego 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.