Kutztown, Pennsylvania, 1,343 students in 4 schools

Kutztown Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Kutztown get?

About 24.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 13.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.8 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 Kutztown?

14.5 inches on February 2, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 13.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 45.5 inches.

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

Kutztown 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 Kutztown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Kutztown 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 Kutztown’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 13.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Kutztown, measured against Kutztown's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Kutztown close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Kutztown’s snow record

24.9inches of snow a winter

2.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Kutztown: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

0.6Nov

4.1Dec

6.9Jan

8.3Feb

4.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.5 in on February 2, 2021
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 45.5 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 4.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 13.6 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 Kutztown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Brandywine Heights Area School DistrictTopton	21.5 in	1.4
Fleetwood Area School DistrictFleetwood	21.9 in	0.7
Northwestern Lehigh School DistrictNew Tripoli	25.7 in	1.2
Oley Valley School DistrictOley	21.9 in	0.7
Parkland School DistrictAllentown	27.8 in	0.9
East Penn School DistrictEmmaus	27.8 in	0.9	2

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Kutztown Area SHS

Middle

Kutztown Area MS

Elementary

Kutztown El Sch
Greenwich-Lenhartsville El Sch, Lenhartsville

Questions

Kutztown snow day questions

How much snow does Kutztown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Kutztown?

Does Kutztown get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Kutztown 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.