Sidney, New York, 1,035 students in 3 schools

Sidney Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Sidney get?

About 97.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 14.8 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 11 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Sidney?

26 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 14.8 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 136 inches.

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

Sidney averages 5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Sidney snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Sidney 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 Sidney’s own big snow morning: 4.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 14.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Sidney, measured against Sidney's own big snow morning of 4.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Sidney close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Sidney’s snow record

97.5inches of snow a winter

11school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

5with 4 in or more

4.9 ina big snow morning in Sidney: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

6.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

8.3Nov

25.1Dec

21.2Jan

21.7Feb

16.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 26 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 136 in
6 in mornings 1.6 a winter
1 in mornings 18.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 14.8 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 Sidney

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Norwich City School DistrictNorwich	52.8 in	2.2
Oneonta City School DistrictOneonta	111.8 in	4
Windsor Central School DistrictWindsor	66.5 in	2.3
Chenango Forks Central School DistrictBinghamton	83.8 in	2.5
Chenango Valley Central School DistrictBinghamton	83.8 in	2.5
Sherburne-Earlville Central School DistrictSherburne	66.7 in	2.7

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Sidney High School

Middle

Sidney Middle School

Elementary

Sidney Elementary School

Questions

Sidney snow day questions

How much snow does Sidney get?

What was the biggest snow day near Sidney?

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

How does the Sidney 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.