Rome, New York, 5,279 students in 9 schools

Rome City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Rome get?

About 89.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Rome?

22.4 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 121.6 inches.

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

Rome averages 4.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 83 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Rome snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Rome 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 Rome’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Rome, measured against Rome's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Rome close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Rome’s snow record

89.6inches of snow a winter

8.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.1with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Rome: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

8.8Nov

19.9Dec

20.8Jan

23.3Feb

14.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 22.4 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 121.6 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 16.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.7 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 Rome

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Holland Patent Central School DistrictHolland Patent	89.6 in	4.1
Whitesboro Central School DistrictWhitesboro	75.5 in	3.3
Sherrill City School DistrictVerona	98.1 in	4
Clinton Central School DistrictClinton	75.5 in	3.3
Utica City School DistrictUtica	75.5 in	3.3	5
New Hartford Central School DistrictNew Hartford	75.5 in	3.3

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Rome Free Academy

Middle

Lyndon H Strough Middle School

Elementary

Louis V Denti Elementary School
Bellamy Elementary School
John E Joy Elementary School
Gansevoort Elementary School
Ridge Mills Elementary School
Stokes Elementary School

Other schools

Clough Prek Center

Questions

Rome snow day questions

How much snow does Rome get?

What was the biggest snow day near Rome?

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

How does the Rome 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.