State College Area School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in State College, measured against State College's own big snow morning of 2.7 inches.
Will State College close tomorrow?
How State College calls a snow day
When the call comes
The night before or by about 5:15 a.m.
“Decisions are typically made either the night before or by about 5:15 a.m. the day of, though conditions sometimes force a later call.”Source
How families hear
By phone call, email, text message, social media, the district website, local TV, radio and the district app.
“When weather conditions cause a school delay or closure, 9-12th grade students will be automatically notified by the district through an email and StudentSquare push notification at approximately 5:15 a.m. or as soon as a decision is made.”School Closings, Delays and Early Dismissals
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“2-hour delay schedule (Breakfast 6-12*) Elementary begins at 10:10 a.m. Secondary begins at 10:40 a.m.”Delay schedule
Every closed day is made up
On the 2026 to 2027 calendar each day State College closes for weather comes back later in the year, as set out under making up a lost day.
“There are no snow days built into the calendar.”Source
Making up a lost day
The first three snow days are not made up by students. Each snow day after the third adds a school day, starting June 7, 2027; June 7 to 9 are listed as snow make-up days.
Make up dates: Jun 7, Jun 8, Jun 9.
“Should we have three or fewer snow days, they would not be made up by students, only by staff as contractual Act 80 days. If there are more than three, we would add one day for each additional snow day.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 25, 2026
- Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
- Last day June 3, 2027
Read from State College’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is scasd.org.
State College’s snow record
- Biggest day 14.9 in on December 17, 2020
- Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 47.1 in
- 6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
- 1 in mornings 5.8 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.5 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 State College
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Bellefonte Area School DistrictBellefonte | 41.8 in | 2.6 |
| Bald Eagle Area School DistrictWingate | 41.8 in | 2.6 |
| Penns Valley Area School DistrictSpring Mills | 30.5 in | 1.1 |
| Mifflin County School DistrictLewistown | 23.1 in | 1.2 |
| Huntingdon Area School DistrictHuntingdon | 28.6 in | 1.6 |
| Philipsburg-Osceola Area School DistrictPhilipsburg | 41.8 in | 1.1 |
11 schools
Every school in State College follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- State College Area HS
Middle
- Park Forest MS
- Mount Nittany MS
Elementary
- Radio Park El Sch
- Mount Nittany El Sch
- Park Forest El Sch
- Spring Creek El Sch
- Gray's Woods El Sch, Port Matilda
- Easterly Parkway El Sch
- Ferguson Twp El Sch, Pine Grove Mills
- Corl Street El Sch
State College 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.