Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 10,234 students in 11 schools

Cumberland Valley School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Cumberland Valley?

June 10, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Mechanicsburg get?

About 21.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Cumberland Valley?

12 inches on March 14, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 40.5 inches.

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

Cumberland Valley averages 1.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 79 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Cumberland Valley snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Mechanicsburg 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 Cumberland Valley’s own big snow morning: 5.4 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 Cumberland Valley, measured against Cumberland Valley's own big snow morning of 5.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Cumberland Valley close tomorrow?

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

The Cumberland Valley playbook

How Cumberland Valley calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, email and the district website.

“In the event of an emergency, the district will communicate updates and next steps regarding dismissal and student reunification via mass notification (phone, e-mail, website).”

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 1, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day June 10, 2027

District calendar

Read from Cumberland Valley’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is cvschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Cumberland Valley’s snow record

21.6inches of snow a winter

2.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.5with 4 in or more

5.4 ina big snow morning in Cumberland Valley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 79% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

0.7Nov

2.6Dec

6.9Jan

6.3Feb

4.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on March 14, 2017
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 40.5 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 4.1 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 Cumberland Valley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Mechanicsburg Area School DistrictMechanicsburg	23.8 in	1.2
South Middleton School DistrictBoiling Springs	21.6 in	1.5
Camp Hill School DistrictCamp Hill	23.8 in	1.2
East Pennsboro Area School DistrictEnola	23.8 in	1.2
Carlisle Area School DistrictCarlisle	21.6 in	1.5
Susquenita School DistrictDuncannon	23.8 in	1.2

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Cumberland Valley HS

Middle

Mountain View MS
Eagle View MS

Elementary

Winding Creek El Sch
Green Ridge El Sch
Sporting Hill El Sch
Hampden El Sch
Shaull El Sch, Enola
Monroe El Sch, Boiling Springs
Silver Spring El Sch
Middlesex El Sch, Carlisle

Questions

Cumberland Valley snow day questions

How does Cumberland Valley announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Cumberland Valley?

How much snow does Mechanicsburg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Cumberland Valley?

Does Cumberland Valley get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Cumberland Valley 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.