Skaneateles, New York, 1,244 students in 4 schools

Skaneateles Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Skaneateles get?

About 98.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Skaneateles?

19.6 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 133.9 inches.

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

Skaneateles averages 3.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 79 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Skaneateles snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Skaneateles 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 Skaneateles’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Skaneateles close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Skaneateles’s snow record

98.4inches of snow a winter

9.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.9with 4 in or more

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

2.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 79% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

10.3Nov

19.8Dec

25.4Jan

23.5Feb

16.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19.6 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 133.9 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 18.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.2 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 Skaneateles

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Marcellus Central School DistrictMarcellus	101.8 in	5.2
Auburn City School DistrictAuburn	98.4 in	3.9
Jordan-Elbridge Central School DistrictJordan	101.8 in	5.2
West Genesee Central School DistrictCamillus	101.8 in	5.2
Westhill Central School DistrictSyracuse	101.8 in	5.2
Solvay Union Free School DistrictSolvay	101.8 in	5.2

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Skaneateles Senior High School

Middle

Skaneateles Middle School

Elementary

Waterman Elementary School
State Street Intermediate School

Questions

Skaneateles snow day questions

How much snow does Skaneateles get?

What was the biggest snow day near Skaneateles?

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

How does the Skaneateles 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.