Turin, New York, 1,058 students in 3 schools

South Lewis Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Turin get?

About 186 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 20.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 10 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near South Lewis?

22 inches on December 26, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 243.5 inches.

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

South Lewis averages 10 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 100 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the South Lewis snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Turin 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 South Lewis’s own big snow morning: 8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in South Lewis, measured against South Lewis's own big snow morning of 8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will South Lewis close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

South Lewis’s snow record

186inches of snow a winter

20.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

10with 4 in or more

8 ina big snow morning in South Lewis: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 100% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

20.8Nov

45.5Dec

47Jan

43.8Feb

21.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 22 in on December 26, 2017
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 243.5 in
6 in mornings 6 a winter
1 in mornings 28.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.9 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 South Lewis

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Adirondack Central School DistrictBoonville	150.4 in	6.6
Lowville Academy and Central School DistrictLowville	127.4 in	7.7
Camden Central School DistrictCamden	132.4 in	6.8
Carthage Central School DistrictCarthage	121.3 in	6
Holland Patent Central School DistrictHolland Patent	89.6 in	4.1
Rome City School DistrictRome	89.6 in	4.1

The schools

3 schools

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

High

South Lewis High School

Middle

South Lewis Middle School

Elementary

South Lewis Elementary School

Questions

South Lewis snow day questions

How much snow does Turin get?

What was the biggest snow day near South Lewis?

Does South Lewis get more snow days than other New York districts?

How does the South Lewis 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.