New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1,466 students in 3 schools

Mohawk Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Castle get?

About 20.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 16.7 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 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mohawk?

9 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 16.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 39.8 inches.

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

Mohawk averages 1.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 73 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Mohawk snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Castle 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 Mohawk’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 16.7 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Mohawk close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mohawk’s snow record

20.4inches of snow a winter

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

1.4with 4 in or more

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

2.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 73% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

0.5Nov

4.9Dec

8.6Jan

4.2Feb

1.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 39.8 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 16.7 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 Mohawk

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
New Castle Area School DistrictNew Castle	28.1 in	0.8
Neshannock Township School DistrictNew Castle	28.1 in	0.8
Ellwood City Area School DistrictEllwood City	20.4 in	1.4
Riverside Beaver County School DistrictEllwood City	20.4 in	1.4
Blackhawk School DistrictBeaver Falls	20.4 in	1.4
Big Beaver Falls Area School DistrictBeaver Falls	20.4 in	1.4

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Mohawk SHS

Middle

Mohawk JHS

Elementary

Mohawk El Sch

Questions

Mohawk snow day questions

How much snow does New Castle get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mohawk?

Does Mohawk get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Mohawk 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.