DuBois, Pennsylvania, 3,257 students in 6 schools

DuBois Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does DuBois get?

About 56.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 14 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.7 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 DuBois?

14.8 inches on December 17, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 14 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 72.3 inches.

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

DuBois 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 DuBois snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for DuBois 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 DuBois’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 14 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in DuBois, measured against DuBois's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will DuBois close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

DuBois’s snow record

56.6inches of snow a winter

6.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

3.1 ina big snow morning in DuBois: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

3.8Nov

11.9Dec

19.4Jan

12.9Feb

6.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.8 in on December 17, 2020
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 72.3 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 14.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 14 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 DuBois

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Clearfield Area School DistrictClearfield	56.6 in	1.4
Punxsutawney Area School DistrictPunxsutawney	27.9 in	1.2
Brookville Area School DistrictBrookville	27.9 in	1.2
St. Marys Area School DistrictSaint Marys	47.5 in	1
Marion Center Area School DistrictMarion Center	32.8 in	1.3
Philipsburg-Osceola Area School DistrictPhilipsburg	41.8 in	1.1

The schools

6 schools

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

High

DuBois Area SHS

Middle

DuBois Area MS

Elementary

Wasson Avenue El Sch
C G Johnson El Sch, Reynoldsville
Oklahoma El Sch
Juniata El Sch

Questions

DuBois snow day questions

How much snow does DuBois get?

What was the biggest snow day near DuBois?

Does DuBois get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the DuBois snow day predictor work?

How does Pennsylvania handle snow days?

More winter

More for Pennsylvania snow days

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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.