Utica City School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Utica, measured against Utica's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.
Will Utica close tomorrow?
How Utica calls a snow day
How families hear
By the district app.
“ParentSquare can also be utilized by staff members or community members for district updates and weather alerts.”
5 built in snow days
On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Days Available for Emergency School Closings (inclement weather days)”.
“Days Available for Emergency School Closings……………………………………………... 5”Source
Making up a lost day
Unused days become recess days (April 16, May 14, 21, 28, June 1); beyond five, school meets April 19 to 23 in order.
Make up dates: Apr 19, Apr 20, Apr 21, Apr 22, Apr 23.
“If an emergency situation forces the Utica City School District’s schools to close for more than five (5) days, school will be in session beginning April 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 each day beyond five (5) and in that order.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day September 2, 2026
- Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
- February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
- Last day June 25, 2027
Read from Utica’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is uticaschools.org.
Utica’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 69% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 24.9 in on March 15, 2017
- Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 102.5 in
- 6 in mornings 1.7 a winter
- 1 in mornings 14 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.5 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.
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
Districts near Utica
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Whitesboro Central School DistrictWhitesboro | 75.5 in | 3.3 |
| New Hartford Central School DistrictNew Hartford | 75.5 in | 3.3 |
| Clinton Central School DistrictClinton | 75.5 in | 3.3 |
| Holland Patent Central School DistrictHolland Patent | 89.6 in | 4.1 |
| Rome City School DistrictRome | 89.6 in | 4.1 |
| Central Valley Central School DistrictIlion | 75.5 in | 3.3 |
13 schools
Every school in Utica follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Thomas R Proctor High School
Middle
- Senator James H Donovan Middle School
- John F Kennedy Middle School
Elementary
- Christopher Columbus Elementary School
- Watson Williams Elementary School
- General Herkimer Elementary School
- Kernan Elementary School
- Roscoe Conkling Elementary School
- Albany Elementary School
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
- Hugh R Jones Elementary School
- John F Hughes Elementary School
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
Utica snow day questions
More for New York snow days
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.