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York, Pennsylvania, 2,774 students in 5 schools

West York Area School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in West York, measured against West York's own big snow morning of 5.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will West York close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in York.
Ten winters of school mornings

West York’s snow record

25inches of snow a winter
2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.6with 4 in or more
5.9 ina big snow morning in West York: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

1.1Nov
4Dec
6.8Jan
6.8Feb
6.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 12.7 in on March 14, 2017
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 41.4 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.7 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.

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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 West York

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
York City School DistrictYork25 in1.6
Central York School DistrictYork25 in1.6
Dover Area School DistrictDover25 in1.6
York Suburban School DistrictYork25 in1.6
Northeastern York School DistrictManchester25 in1.6
Spring Grove Area School DistrictSpring Grove19.8 in1.2
The schools

5 schools

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

High

  • West York Area HS

Middle

  • West York Area MS

Elementary

  • Wallace El Sch
  • Trimmer El Sch
  • Lincolnway El Sch
Questions

West York snow day questions

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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.