Phoenix, New York, 1,663 students in 3 schools

Phoenix Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Phoenix get?

About 86.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Phoenix?

14.3 inches on November 21, 2016, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 136.7 inches.

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

Phoenix averages 4.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 85 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Phoenix snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Phoenix 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 Phoenix’s own big snow morning: 4.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Phoenix, measured against Phoenix's own big snow morning of 4.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Phoenix close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Phoenix’s snow record

86.6inches of snow a winter

9.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.2with 4 in or more

4.6 ina big snow morning in Phoenix: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 85% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

9.9Nov

19.8Dec

22.3Jan

20.3Feb

12.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.3 in on November 21, 2016
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 136.7 in
6 in mornings 1.8 a winter
1 in mornings 14.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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 Phoenix

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Baldwinsville Central School DistrictBaldwinsville	86.6 in	4.2
Fulton City School DistrictFulton	114.6 in	5.7
Liverpool Central School DistrictLiverpool	98.3 in	3.9
Central Square Central School DistrictCentral Square	84.8 in	7
Solvay Union Free School DistrictSolvay	101.8 in	5.2
North Syracuse Central School DistrictNorth Syracuse	102.5 in	4.6

The schools

3 schools

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

High

John C Birdlebough High School

Middle

Emerson J Dillon Middle School

Elementary

Michael A Maroun Elementary School

Questions

Phoenix snow day questions

How much snow does Phoenix get?

What was the biggest snow day near Phoenix?

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

How does the Phoenix 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.