Lewistown, Pennsylvania, 4,596 students in 9 schools

Mifflin County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Lewistown get?

About 23.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mifflin?

9.4 inches on December 17, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 36.1 inches.

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

Mifflin averages 1.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 54 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Mifflin snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Lewistown 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 Mifflin’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Mifflin close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mifflin’s snow record

23.1inches of snow a winter

3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.2with 4 in or more

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

0.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 54% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

1Nov

3.6Dec

6.7Jan

6.9Feb

4.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.4 in on December 17, 2020
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 36.1 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 5.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.5 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 Mifflin

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Juniata County School DistrictMifflintown	23.1 in	1.2
State College Area School DistrictState College	29.5 in	0.9	All made up
Penns Valley Area School DistrictSpring Mills	30.5 in	1.1
West Perry School DistrictElliottsburg	21.6 in	1.5
Mount Union Area School DistrictMount Union	28.6 in	1.6
Bellefonte Area School DistrictBellefonte	41.8 in	2.6

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Mifflin Co HS

Middle

Mifflin Co MS

Elementary

Lewistown Intrmd Sch
Lewistown El Sch
Indian Valley El Sch, Reedsville
East Derry El Sch
Strodes Mills El Sch, Mc Veytown
Indian Valley Intrmd Sch, Reedsville

Other schools

Mifflin Co JHS

Questions

Mifflin snow day questions

How much snow does Lewistown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mifflin?

Does Mifflin get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Mifflin 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.