Salamanca, New York, 1,392 students in 3 schools

Salamanca City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Salamanca get?

About 75.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Salamanca?

15 inches on March 2, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 105.4 inches.

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

Salamanca averages 3.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 75 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Salamanca snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Salamanca 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 Salamanca’s own big snow morning: 4.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Salamanca close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Salamanca’s snow record

75.1inches of snow a winter

9.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.5with 4 in or more

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

4.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 75% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

10.1Nov

18.2Dec

20.2Jan

13.8Feb

9.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15 in on March 2, 2018
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 105.4 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 15.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.2 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 Salamanca

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Allegany-Limestone Central School DistrictAllegany	57.7 in	1.8
Olean City School DistrictOlean	57.7 in	1.8
Portville Central School DistrictPortville	57.7 in	1.8
Falconer Central School DistrictFalconer	85.3 in	4.2
Gowanda Central School DistrictGowanda	170.8 in	9
Springville-Griffith Institute Central SchoolSpringville	178 in	8.9

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Salamanca High School

Middle

Seneca Intermediate School

Elementary

Prospect Elementary School

Questions

Salamanca snow day questions

How much snow does Salamanca get?

What was the biggest snow day near Salamanca?

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

How does the Salamanca 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.