Accord, New York, 1,732 students in 5 schools

Rondout Valley Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Accord get?

About 44 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.4 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Rondout Valley?

16.5 inches on March 14, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.4 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 69.8 inches.

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

Rondout Valley averages 3.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 72 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Rondout Valley snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Accord 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 Rondout Valley’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Rondout Valley, measured against Rondout Valley's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Rondout Valley close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Rondout Valley’s snow record

44inches of snow a winter

5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.4with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in Rondout Valley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 72% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

3.3Nov

12Dec

8.8Jan

11.5Feb

7.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16.5 in on March 14, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 69.8 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 7.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.4 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 Rondout Valley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
New Paltz Central School DistrictNew Paltz	44 in	3.4
Highland Central School DistrictHighland	28.4 in	1.4
Ellenville Central School DistrictEllenville	38.9 in	1.9
Kingston City School DistrictKingston	32 in	1.8
Hyde Park Central School DistrictHyde Park	28.4 in	1.4
Onteora Central School DistrictBoiceville	63 in	3.4

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Rondout Valley High School

Middle

Rondout Valley Intermediate School
Rondout Valley Junior High School

Elementary

Marbletown Elementary School, Stone Ridge
Kerhonkson Elementary School, Kerhonkson

Questions

Rondout Valley snow day questions

How much snow does Accord get?

What was the biggest snow day near Rondout Valley?

Does Rondout Valley get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Rondout Valley 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.