Fort Covington, New York, 1,370 students in 4 schools

Salmon River Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Fort Covington get?

About 95.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 13.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 10.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Salmon River?

25 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 13.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 124 inches.

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

Salmon River averages 4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 81 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Salmon River snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fort Covington 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 Salmon River’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 13.3 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Salmon River close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Salmon River’s snow record

95.9inches of snow a winter

10.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4with 4 in or more

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

15.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

9.6Nov

15.4Dec

26.5Jan

22.8Feb

16.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 25 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 124 in
6 in mornings 1.7 a winter
1 in mornings 20.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 13.3 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 Salmon River

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Malone Central School DistrictMalone	95.9 in	4
Massena Central School DistrictMassena	107.3 in	4.6
Potsdam Central School DistrictPotsdam	107.3 in	4.6
Canton Central School DistrictCanton	107.3 in	4.6
Saranac Central School DistrictDannemora	76.3 in	3.1
Saranac Lake Central School DistrictSaranac Lake	133.5 in	4.1

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Salmon River High School

Middle

Salmon River Middle School

Elementary

Saint Regis Mohawk School, Hogansburg
Salmon River Elementary School

Questions

Salmon River snow day questions

How much snow does Fort Covington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Salmon River?

Does Salmon River get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Salmon River snow day predictor work?

How does New York handle snow days?

More winter

More for New York snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.New York winter forecastThe season ahead for New York: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.