Towanda, Pennsylvania, 1,489 students in 3 schools

Towanda Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Towanda get?

About 41.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 17.2 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Towanda?

14 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 17.2 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 57.4 inches.

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

Towanda averages 1.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 86 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Towanda snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Towanda 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 Towanda’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 17.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Towanda, measured against Towanda's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Towanda close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Towanda’s snow record

41.7inches of snow a winter

4.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.8with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Towanda: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 86% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

4.3Nov

7.9Dec

11.5Jan

7.2Feb

8.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 57.4 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 8.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 17.2 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 Towanda

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Wyalusing Area School DistrictWyalusing	41.7 in	1.8
Athens Area School DistrictAthens	44.9 in	1.9
Troy Area School DistrictTroy	32.7 in	1.3
Elk Lake School DistrictSpringville	53.4 in	2.1
Tunkhannock Area School DistrictTunkhannock	31.8 in	1.3
Montrose Area School DistrictMontrose	53.4 in	2.1

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Towanda Area JSHS

Elementary

Towanda Area El Sch
Morrow El Sch

Questions

Towanda snow day questions

How much snow does Towanda get?

What was the biggest snow day near Towanda?

Does Towanda get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Towanda snow day predictor work?

How does Pennsylvania handle snow days?

More winter

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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.