Milford, Pennsylvania, 4,281 students in 7 schools

Delaware Valley School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Milford get?

About 39.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3 with 4 inches or more.

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

14 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 61.8 inches.

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

Delaware Valley averages 3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 96 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

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

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for 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 Delaware Valley’s own big snow morning: 8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Delaware Valley, measured against Delaware Valley's own big snow morning of 8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Delaware Valley close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Delaware Valley’s snow record

39.8inches of snow a winter

5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3with 4 in or more

8 ina big snow morning in Delaware Valley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 96% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

2Nov

9.2Dec

10.1Jan

11.3Feb

6.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 61.8 in
6 in mornings 1.8 a winter
1 in mornings 6.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.7 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 Delaware Valley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Wallenpaupack Area School DistrictHawley	48.7 in	2.1
Wayne Highlands School DistrictHonesdale	54.8 in	3.3
East Stroudsburg Area School DistrictEast Stroudsburg	38.2 in	1.2
Pocono Mountain School DistrictSwiftwater	49.9 in	2.4
Stroudsburg Area School DistrictStroudsburg	38.2 in	1.2
Western Wayne School DistrictLake Ariel	54.8 in	3.3

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Delaware Valley HS

Middle

Dingman-Delaware MS, Dingmans Ferry
Delaware Valley Middle School

Elementary

Delaware Valley El Sch, Matamoras
Dingman-Delaware El Sch, Dingmans Ferry
Dingman-Delaware Primary Sch, Dingmans Ferry
Shohola El Sch, Shohola

Questions

Delaware Valley snow day questions

How much snow does Milford get?

What was the biggest snow day near Delaware Valley?

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

How does the Delaware 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.