Erie, Pennsylvania, 1,276 students in 3 schools

Wattsburg Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Erie get?

About 95.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 11.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Wattsburg?

11.9 inches on December 2, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 125.7 inches.

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

Wattsburg averages 4.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 99 percent of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Wattsburg snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Erie 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 Wattsburg’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.8 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Wattsburg close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Wattsburg’s snow record

95.9inches of snow a winter

11.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.5with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Wattsburg: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 99% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

13Nov

24.8Dec

27.2Jan

15.5Feb

12.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.9 in on December 2, 2020
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 125.7 in
6 in mornings 2.1 a winter
1 in mornings 18 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.8 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 Wattsburg

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Harbor Creek School DistrictHarborcreek	62.6 in	1.6
Fort LeBoeuf School DistrictWaterford	95.9 in	4.5
Iroquois School DistrictErie	62.6 in	1.6
Erie City School DistrictErie	79.1 in	4.3
North East School DistrictNorth East	62.6 in	1.6
Millcreek Township School DistrictErie	79.1 in	4.3

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Seneca HS

Middle

Wattsburg Area MS

Elementary

Wattsburg Area El Ctr

Questions

Wattsburg snow day questions

How much snow does Erie get?

What was the biggest snow day near Wattsburg?

Does Wattsburg get more snow days than other Pennsylvania districts?

How does the Wattsburg 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.