Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, 2,297 students in 4 schools

Greater Nanticoke Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Nanticoke get?

About 31.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Greater Nanticoke?

15.5 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 55.3 inches.

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

Greater Nanticoke averages 1.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 64 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Greater Nanticoke snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Nanticoke 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 Greater Nanticoke’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Greater Nanticoke, measured against Greater Nanticoke's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Greater Nanticoke close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Greater Nanticoke’s snow record

31.8inches of snow a winter

3.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

3.9 ina big snow morning in Greater Nanticoke: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

2Nov

6Dec

8.2Jan

7.8Feb

6.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15.5 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 55.3 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 6.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9 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 Greater Nanticoke

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hanover Area School DistrictHanover Township	31.8 in	1.3
Wilkes-Barre Area School DistrictWilkes Barre	31.8 in	1.3
Crestwood School DistrictMountain Top	33.9 in	1.1
Wyoming Valley West School DistrictKingston	31.8 in	1.3
Lake-Lehman School DistrictDallas	31.8 in	1.3
Dallas School DistrictDallas	31.8 in	1.3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Greater Nanticoke Area SHS

Middle

Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Ctr

Elementary

GNA El Ctr

Other schools

Kennedy Early Childhood Center

Questions

Greater Nanticoke snow day questions

How much snow does Nanticoke get?

What was the biggest snow day near Greater Nanticoke?

Does Greater Nanticoke get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Greater Nanticoke 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.