Seneca Falls, New York, 1,236 students in 4 schools

Seneca Falls Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Seneca Falls get?

About 73.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Seneca Falls?

16 inches on November 22, 2016, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 125 inches.

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

Seneca Falls averages 2.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 56 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Seneca Falls snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Seneca Falls 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 Seneca Falls’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Seneca Falls, measured against Seneca Falls's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Seneca Falls close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Seneca Falls’s snow record

73.1inches of snow a winter

8.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.7with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Seneca Falls: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 56% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

7.4Nov

16.2Dec

18.9Jan

19.9Feb

9.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16 in on November 22, 2016
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 125 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 16.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.4 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 Seneca Falls

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Waterloo Central School DistrictWaterloo	42.3 in	1.2
Geneva City School DistrictGeneva	42.3 in	1.2
Auburn City School DistrictAuburn	98.4 in	3.9
Phelps-Clifton Springs Central School DistrictClifton Springs	42.3 in	1.2
Newark Central School DistrictNewark	65.7 in	2.3
Skaneateles Central School DistrictSkaneateles	98.4 in	3.9

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Mynderse Academy

Middle

Seneca Falls Middle School

Elementary

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elementary School
Frank M Knight Elementary School

Questions

Seneca Falls snow day questions

How much snow does Seneca Falls get?

What was the biggest snow day near Seneca Falls?

Does Seneca Falls get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the Seneca Falls 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.