Meadville, Pennsylvania, 3,116 students in 8 schools

Crawford Central School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Meadville get?

About 44.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 17.7 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 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 Crawford?

12 inches on March 2, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 17.7 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 70.8 inches.

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

Crawford 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 Crawford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Meadville 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 Crawford’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 17.7 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Crawford close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Crawford’s snow record

44.8inches of snow a winter

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

2.1with 4 in or more

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

5.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

3.6Nov

11Dec

16.6Jan

6.4Feb

6.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on March 2, 2018
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 70.8 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 11.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 17.7 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 Crawford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Penncrest School DistrictSaegertown	85.2 in	3.9
Conneaut School DistrictLinesville	44.8 in	2.1
Greenville Area School DistrictGreenville	44.8 in	2.1
General McLane School DistrictEdinboro	79.1 in	4.3
Northwestern School DistrictAlbion	85.2 in	3.9
Franklin Area School DistrictFranklin	38.1 in	1

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Meadville Area SHS
Cochranton JSHS, Cochranton

Middle

Meadville MS

Elementary

Second District El Sch
First District El Sch
Cochranton El Sch, Cochranton
West End El Sch
Neason Hill El Sch

Questions

Crawford snow day questions

How much snow does Meadville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Crawford?

Does Crawford get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Crawford 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.