North Penn School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in North Penn, measured against North Penn's own big snow morning of 5 inches.
Will North Penn close tomorrow?
How North Penn calls a snow day
How families hear
By email, text message, the district website, social media, local TV and radio.
“A ParentSquare phone call is not typically used for standard two-hour delays or all-day closures due to weather. You will receive an email or text (if you have opted to receive text messages)”School Delays and Closings - North Penn School District
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“Please note that the Extended School Care program will open under the following schedule in the case of respective delays: One-Hour Delay: 8:00 am Two-Hour Delay: 9:00 am Three-Hour Delay: 10:00 am”Delay schedule
Flexible Instructional Days
North Penn has Flexible Instructional Days in its winter plan.
“A district may institute up to 5 flexible instructional days in a school year which count towards the PDE-required minimum of 180 days.”Source
Making up a lost day
Three weather make-up days at the end of the year, June 11, 14 and 15, 2027.
“June 11, 14, 15 Weather Make-up Days #1,#2,#3*”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 31, 2026
- Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
- Last day June 10, 2027
Read from North Penn’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is npenn.org.
North Penn’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 54% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 11 in on March 22, 2018
- Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 42.6 in
- 6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
- 1 in mornings 3.6 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.7 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.
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
Districts near North Penn
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Wissahickon School DistrictAmbler | 15.6 in | 1.1 |
| Souderton Area School DistrictSouderton | 18.3 in | 1.2 |
| Upper Dublin School DistrictMaple Glen | 15.6 in | 1.1 |
| Norristown Area School DistrictNorristown | 15.6 in | 1.1 |
| Methacton School DistrictEagleville | 15.6 in | 1.1 |
| Hatboro-Horsham School DistrictHorsham | 13.7 in | 0.8 |
17 schools
Every school in North Penn follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- North Penn SHS
Middle
- Penndale MS
- Pennfield MS, Hatfield
- Pennbrook MS, North Wales
Elementary
- Gwyn-Nor El Sch, North Wales
- Montgomery El Sch, North Wales
- Gwynedd Square El Sch
- Knapp El Sch
- Walton Farm El Sch
- Kulp El Sch, Hatfield
- Oak Park El Sch
- Hatfield El Sch, Hatfield
- Bridle Path El Sch
- North Wales El Sch, North Wales
- General Nash El Sch, Harleysville
- Inglewood El Sch
- York Avenue El Sch
North Penn snow day questions
More for Pennsylvania snow days
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.