Red Lion, Pennsylvania, 4,767 students in 8 schools

Red Lion Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Red Lion get?

About 20.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.7 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.7 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 Red Lion?

9.6 inches on March 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.7 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 37.5 inches.

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

Red Lion 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 Red Lion snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Red Lion 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 Red Lion’s own big snow morning: 5.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Red Lion, measured against Red Lion's own big snow morning of 5.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Red Lion close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Red Lion’s snow record

20.2inches of snow a winter

2.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.2with 4 in or more

5.9 ina big snow morning in Red Lion: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school 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

2.7Dec

6.2Jan

6.5Feb

3.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.6 in on March 22, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 37.5 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.7 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 Red Lion

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Dallastown Area School DistrictDallastown	25 in	1.6
York Suburban School DistrictYork	25 in	1.6
York City School DistrictYork	25 in	1.6
Eastern York School DistrictWrightsville	21.9 in	1.1
Central York School DistrictYork	25 in	1.6
Columbia Borough School DistrictColumbia	21.9 in	1.1

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Red Lion Area SHS

Middle

Red Lion Area JHS

Elementary

Larry J. Macaluso El Sch
Mazie Gable El Sch
Pleasant View El Sch
Locust Grove El Sch, York
Clearview El Sch, Brogue
N Hopewell-Winterstown El Sch

Questions

Red Lion snow day questions

How much snow does Red Lion get?

What was the biggest snow day near Red Lion?

Does Red Lion get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Red Lion 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.