Bradford, Pennsylvania, 2,305 students in 4 schools

Bradford Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Bradford get?

About 75.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Bradford?

11.2 inches on November 28, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 104 inches.

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

Bradford averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 94 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Bradford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bradford 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 Bradford’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Bradford, measured against Bradford's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Bradford close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Bradford’s snow record

75.2inches of snow a winter

9.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.6with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Bradford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

7.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 94% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

9Nov

17.6Dec

20.9Jan

14.3Feb

9.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.2 in on November 28, 2025
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 104 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 18.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.8 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 Bradford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Warren County School DistrictRussell	63.5 in	2
St. Marys Area School DistrictSaint Marys	47.5 in	1
Corry Area School DistrictCorry	95.9 in	4.5
DuBois Area School DistrictDuBois	56.6 in	1.4
Titusville Area School DistrictTitusville	60.1 in	1.9
Brookville Area School DistrictBrookville	27.9 in	1.2

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Bradford Area HS

Middle

Floyd C Fretz MS

Elementary

George Blaisdell El Sch
School Street El Sch

Questions

Bradford snow day questions

How much snow does Bradford get?

What was the biggest snow day near Bradford?

Does Bradford get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Bradford 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.