Perkasie, Pennsylvania, 6,284 students in 11 schools

Pennridge School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Perkasie get?

About 18.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.1 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 Pennridge?

11 inches on March 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 42.6 inches.

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

Pennridge 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 Pennridge snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Perkasie 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 Pennridge’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Pennridge, measured against Pennridge's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Pennridge close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Pennridge’s snow record

18.3inches of snow a winter

2.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.2with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Pennridge: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

0.6Nov

2.3Dec

4.9Jan

6.4Feb

3.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

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 3 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 Pennridge

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Quakertown Community School DistrictQuakertown	18.3 in	1.2
Central Bucks School DistrictDoylestown	18.3 in	1.2
Souderton Area School DistrictSouderton	18.3 in	1.2
Palisades School DistrictKintnersville	19.7 in	0.9
North Penn School DistrictLansdale	18.3 in	1.2
Upper Perkiomen School DistrictPennsburg	21.5 in	1.4

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Pennridge HS

Middle

Pennridge North MS
Pennridge Central MS
Pennridge South MS

Elementary

Patricia A Guth El Sch
Bedminster El Sch
Seylar El Sch
Grasse El Sch, Sellersville
West Rockhill El Sch, Sellersville
Deibler El Sch
Sellersville El Sch, Sellersville

Questions

Pennridge snow day questions

How much snow does Perkasie get?

What was the biggest snow day near Pennridge?

Does Pennridge get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Pennridge 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.