Souderton, Pennsylvania, 6,064 students in 9 schools

Souderton Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Souderton get?

About 18.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.3 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 Souderton?

11 inches on March 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 42.6 inches.

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

Souderton 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 Souderton snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Souderton 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 Souderton’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.3 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Souderton close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Souderton’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 Souderton: 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 5.3 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 Souderton

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
North Penn School DistrictLansdale	18.3 in	1.2
Perkiomen Valley School DistrictCollegeville	15.6 in	1.1
Methacton School DistrictEagleville	15.6 in	1.1
Pennridge School DistrictPerkasie	18.3 in	1.2
Norristown Area School DistrictNorristown	15.6 in	1.1
Upper Perkiomen School DistrictPennsburg	21.5 in	1.4

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Souderton Area HS

Middle

Indian Valley MS, Harleysville
Indian Crest MS

Elementary

Vernfield El Sch, Telford
Salford Hills El Sch, Harleysville
Oak Ridge El Sch, Harleysville
Franconia El Sch
West Broad Street El Sch
E M Crouthamel El Sch

Questions

Souderton snow day questions

How much snow does Souderton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Souderton?

Does Souderton get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Souderton 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.