Hermitage, Pennsylvania, 2,017 students in 4 schools

Hermitage School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hermitage get?

About 51.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5 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 Hermitage?

10.1 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 81.3 inches.

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

Hermitage 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 Hermitage snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hermitage 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 Hermitage’s own big snow morning: 2.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Hermitage, measured against Hermitage's own big snow morning of 2.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hermitage close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hermitage’s snow record

51.6inches of snow a winter

5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

2.9 ina big snow morning in Hermitage: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

4.5Nov

12.9Dec

16.4Jan

8.8Feb

6.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.1 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 81.3 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 10 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.5 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 Hermitage

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Sharpsville Area School DistrictSharpsville	51.6 in	1.3
Sharon City School DistrictSharon	51.6 in	1.3
Mercer Area School DistrictMercer	28.1 in	0.8
Greenville Area School DistrictGreenville	44.8 in	2.1
Neshannock Township School DistrictNew Castle	28.1 in	0.8
New Castle Area School DistrictNew Castle	28.1 in	0.8

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Hickory HS

Middle

Delahunty MS

Elementary

Artman El Sch
Karen A. Ionta El Sch

Questions

Hermitage snow day questions

How much snow does Hermitage get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hermitage?

Does Hermitage get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Hermitage 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.