Scotia, New York, 2,195 students in 6 schools

Scotia-Glenville Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Scotia get?

About 44.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.1 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Scotia-Glenville?

33 inches on December 17, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.1 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 63.8 inches.

Q: Does Scotia-Glenville get more snow days than other New York districts?

Scotia-Glenville averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 53 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Scotia-Glenville snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Scotia 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 Scotia-Glenville’s own big snow morning: 5.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Scotia-Glenville, measured against Scotia-Glenville's own big snow morning of 5.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Scotia-Glenville close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Scotia-Glenville’s snow record

44.6inches of snow a winter

4.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.6with 4 in or more

5.8 ina big snow morning in Scotia-Glenville: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 53% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

2.6Nov

13.9Dec

10.7Jan

10.5Feb

5.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 33 in on December 17, 2020
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 63.8 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 7.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.1 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 Scotia-Glenville

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Schenectady City School DistrictSchenectady	43.9 in	2.1	3
Schalmont Central School DistrictSchenectady	43.9 in	2.1
Rotterdam-Mohonasen Central School DistrictSchenectady	43.9 in	2.1
Niskayuna Central School DistrictSchenectady	43.9 in	2.1
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School DistrictBurnt Hills	44.6 in	2.6
Guilderland Central School DistrictGuilderland Center	43.9 in	2.1

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Scotia-Glenville Senior High School

Middle

Scotia-Glenville Middle School

Elementary

Sacandaga School
Lincoln School
Glendaal School
Glen-Worden Elementary School

Questions

Scotia-Glenville snow day questions

How much snow does Scotia get?

What was the biggest snow day near Scotia-Glenville?

Does Scotia-Glenville get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Scotia-Glenville 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.