New Milford, Pennsylvania, 1,044 students in 3 schools

Blue Ridge School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Milford get?

About 53.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.3 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Blue Ridge?

21 inches on December 17, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.3 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 91.2 inches.

Q: Does Blue Ridge get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

Blue Ridge averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 90 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Blue Ridge snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Milford 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 Blue Ridge’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Blue Ridge, measured against Blue Ridge's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Blue Ridge close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Blue Ridge’s snow record

53.4inches of snow a winter

5.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Blue Ridge: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 90% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

3.6Nov

10.6Dec

13.8Jan

12.3Feb

10.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 21 in on December 17, 2020
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 91.2 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 11 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.3 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 Pennsylvania rule

How Pennsylvania counts a lost day

Pennsylvania requires either 180 days, or hours: 900 for kindergarten through grade 6 and 990 for grades 7 to 12, as the district chooses. The state forgives no days; districts are expected to build make-up days into the calendar for closures beyond any Flexible Instructional Days.

The Pennsylvania rules in the agency’s own words, and every Pennsylvania district

Next door

Districts near Blue Ridge

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Montrose Area School DistrictMontrose	53.4 in	2.1
Elk Lake School DistrictSpringville	53.4 in	2.1
Lakeland School DistrictScott Township	54.8 in	3.3
Carbondale Area School DistrictCarbondale	54.8 in	3.3
Tunkhannock Area School DistrictTunkhannock	31.8 in	1.3
Abington Heights School DistrictClarks Summit	35.1 in	0.9

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Blue Ridge HS

Middle

Blue Ridge MS

Elementary

Blue Ridge El Sch

Questions

Blue Ridge snow day questions

How much snow does New Milford get?

What was the biggest snow day near Blue Ridge?

Does Blue Ridge get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Blue Ridge snow day predictor work?

How does Pennsylvania handle snow days?

More winter

More for Pennsylvania snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Pennsylvania winter forecastThe season ahead for Pennsylvania: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.