Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania, 2,462 students in 6 schools

South Eastern School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Fawn Grove get?

About 22.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near South Eastern?

10.1 inches on March 21, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 34 inches.

Q: How does the South Eastern snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fawn Grove 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 South Eastern’s own big snow morning: 4.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away.

Q: Can Pennsylvania schools hold a remote day instead?

A district with a PDE accepted plan can turn up to five closure days a year, including snow days, into Flexible Instructional Days that count as school days; they can be online, offline or both.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in South Eastern, measured against South Eastern's own big snow morning of 4.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will South Eastern close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

South Eastern’s snow record

22.2inches of snow a winter

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

1with 4 in or more

4.1 ina big snow morning in South Eastern: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.9Nov

3.1Dec

7.1Jan

6.1Feb

4.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.1 in on March 21, 2018
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 34 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 4.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.2 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 South Eastern

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Red Lion Area School DistrictRed Lion	20.2 in	1.2
Southern York County School DistrictGlen Rock	22.5 in	1.2
Dallastown Area School DistrictDallastown	25 in	1.6
York Suburban School DistrictYork	25 in	1.6
Penn Manor School DistrictMillersville	18.5 in	0.6
Solanco School DistrictQuarryville	18.7 in	0.4

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Kennard-Dale HS

Middle

South Eastern MS
South Eastern Intrmd Sch

Elementary

Stewartstown El Sch, Stewartstown
Delta-Peach Bottom El Sch, Delta
Fawn Area El Sch

Questions

South Eastern snow day questions

How much snow does Fawn Grove get?

What was the biggest snow day near South Eastern?

How does the South Eastern snow day predictor work?

How does Pennsylvania handle snow days?

Can Pennsylvania schools hold a remote day instead?

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.