Harborcreek, Pennsylvania, 2,101 students in 5 schools

Harbor Creek School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Harborcreek get?

About 62.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Harbor Creek?

27.7 inches on November 30, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 127.5 inches.

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

Harbor Creek averages 1.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 81 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Harbor Creek snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Harborcreek 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 Harbor Creek’s own big snow morning: 3.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Harbor Creek, measured against Harbor Creek's own big snow morning of 3.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Harbor Creek close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Harbor Creek’s snow record

62.6inches of snow a winter

6.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.6with 4 in or more

3.2 ina big snow morning in Harbor Creek: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

9Nov

16.7Dec

18.8Jan

10.5Feb

5.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 27.7 in on November 30, 2024
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 127.5 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 11.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.5 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 Harbor Creek

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Iroquois School DistrictErie	62.6 in	1.6
Erie City School DistrictErie	79.1 in	4.3
North East School DistrictNorth East	62.6 in	1.6
Wattsburg Area School DistrictErie	95.9 in	4.5
Millcreek Township School DistrictErie	79.1 in	4.3
Fort LeBoeuf School DistrictWaterford	95.9 in	4.5

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Harbor Creek Senior HS

Middle

Harbor Creek Junior HS

Elementary

Rolling Ridge El Sch, Erie
Klein El Sch, Erie
Clark El Sch, Erie

Questions

Harbor Creek snow day questions

How much snow does Harborcreek get?

What was the biggest snow day near Harbor Creek?

Does Harbor Creek get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Harbor Creek 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.