Wappingers Central School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Wappingers, measured against Wappingers's own big snow morning of 5.6 inches.
Will Wappingers close tomorrow?
How Wappingers calls a snow day
When the call comes
At approximately 5:00 AM.
“The District sends closing and delay notifications at approximately 5:00 AM.”Source
How families hear
By the district website, the district app, local TV and radio.
“We will also send this information to staff and families via ParentSquare: view our Quick Guide to Managing Your Account Settings, and Find a Full Overview of Managing Notifications here.”Wappingers Central School District - Delays & Cancellations
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“Two-Hour Delay: Arrival Secondary Schools: 9:25 Elementary Schools: 10:25”Delay schedule
4 built in snow days
On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “emergency days”.
“4 emergency days are built into the calendar.”Source
Making up a lost day
Extra days are made up May 28, then March 29, March 22 and March 23; unused days are given back.
“If more are needed, the make-up days will be as follows: 1st day: May 28; 2nd day: March 29; 3rd day: March 22; 4th day: March 23”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day September 8, 2026
- Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
- Last day June 24, 2027
Read from Wappingers’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is wappingersschools.org.
Wappingers’s snow record
- Biggest day 15.7 in on March 15, 2017
- Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 51.1 in
- 6 in mornings 1 a winter
- 1 in mornings 5.4 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.1 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 Wappingers
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon City School DistrictBeacon | 30.6 in | 1.3 | |
| Arlington Central School DistrictLagrangeville | 44.6 in | 2.1 | 4 |
| Newburgh City School DistrictNewburgh | 30.6 in | 1.3 | |
| Spackenkill Union Free School DistrictPoughkeepsie | 30.6 in | 1.3 | |
| Marlboro Central School DistrictMilton | 30.6 in | 1.3 | |
| Cornwall Central School DistrictCornwall on Hudson | 28.3 in | 1.6 |
15 schools
Every school in Wappingers follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- John Jay Senior High School
- Roy C Ketcham Senior High School, Wappingers Falls
- Orchard View Alternative High School
Middle
- Van Wyck Junior High School, Wappingers Falls
- Wappingers Junior High School, Wappingers Falls
Elementary
- Myers Corners School, Wappingers Falls
- Gayhead School
- Fishkill Plains Elementary School, Wappingers Falls
- Sheafe Road Elementary School, Wappingers Falls
- Brinckerhoff Elementary School, Fishkill
- Oak Grove Elementary School, Poughkeepsie
- Kinry Road Elementary School, Poughkeepsie
- Fishkill Elementary School, Fishkill
- James S Evans Elementary School, Wappingers Falls
- Vassar Road Elementary School, Poughkeepsie
Wappingers 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.