Butler, Pennsylvania, 5,941 students in 9 schools

Butler Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Butler get?

About 38.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Butler?

11.5 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 57.3 inches.

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

Butler averages 1.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 73 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Butler snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Butler 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 Butler’s own big snow morning: 3.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Butler, measured against Butler's own big snow morning of 3.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Butler close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Butler’s snow record

38.9inches of snow a winter

4.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

3.2 ina big snow morning in Butler: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 73% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

2.2Nov

8.2Dec

14.4Jan

7.5Feb

5.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 57.3 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.5 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.

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 Butler

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Knoch School DistrictSaxonburg	14.6 in	0.4
Seneca Valley School DistrictHarmony	38.9 in	1.4	3
Mars Area School DistrictMars	38.9 in	1.4
Karns City Area School DistrictKarns City	28.1 in	0.8
Moniteau School DistrictWest Sunbury	28.1 in	0.8
Slippery Rock Area School DistrictSlippery Rock	28.1 in	0.8

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Butler Area SHS

Middle

Butler Area IHS

Elementary

Center Township El Sch
McQuistion El Sch
Northwest El Sch
Connoquenessing El Sch, Renfrew
Emily Brittain El Sch
Summit Township El Sch
Broad Street El Sch

Questions

Butler snow day questions

How much snow does Butler get?

What was the biggest snow day near Butler?

Does Butler get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Butler 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.