Wallkill, New York, 2,818 students in 5 schools

Wallkill Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Wallkill get?

About 44 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Wallkill?

16.5 inches on March 14, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 69.8 inches.

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

Wallkill averages 3.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 72 percent of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Wallkill snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Wallkill 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 Wallkill’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Wallkill, measured against Wallkill's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Wallkill close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Wallkill’s snow record

44inches of snow a winter

5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.4with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in Wallkill: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 72% of the 676 New York districts with a station record.

3.3Nov

12Dec

8.8Jan

11.5Feb

7.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16.5 in on March 14, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 69.8 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 7.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.6 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 Wallkill

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Valley Central School District (Montgomery)Montgomery	44 in	3.4
Pine Bush Central School DistrictPine Bush	44 in	3.4
New Paltz Central School DistrictNew Paltz	44 in	3.4
Newburgh City School DistrictNewburgh	30.6 in	1.3
Marlboro Central School DistrictMilton	30.6 in	1.3
Highland Central School DistrictHighland	28.4 in	1.4

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Wallkill Senior High School

Middle

John G Borden Middle School

Elementary

Ostrander Elementary School
Leptondale Elementary School
Plattekill Elementary School, Plattekill

Questions

Wallkill snow day questions

How much snow does Wallkill get?

What was the biggest snow day near Wallkill?

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

How does the Wallkill 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.