N. Braddock, Pennsylvania, 3,191 students in 5 schools

Woodland Hills School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does N. Braddock get?

About 10.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Woodland Hills?

7 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 17.8 inches.

Q: How does the Woodland Hills snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for N. Braddock 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 Woodland Hills’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Woodland Hills, measured against Woodland Hills's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Woodland Hills close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Woodland Hills’s snow record

10.1inches of snow a winter

1.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

2.5 ina big snow morning in Woodland Hills: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0Nov

1.9Dec

5.4Jan

2.4Feb

0.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 17.8 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Woodland Hills

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Steel Valley School DistrictMunhall	10.1 in	0.3
McKeesport Area School DistrictMcKeesport	10.1 in	0.3
West Mifflin Area School DistrictWest Mifflin	10.1 in	0.3
East Allegheny School DistrictNorth Versailles	10.1 in	0.3
Pittsburgh School DistrictPittsburgh	10.1 in	0.3
South Allegheny School DistrictMc Keesport	10.1 in	0.3

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Woodland Hills HS, Pittsburgh

Middle

Dickson Prep STEAM Academy, Swissvale

Elementary

Turtle Creek EL STEAM Academy, Turtle Creek
Edgewood El STEAM Academy, Pittsburgh
Wilkins El STEAM Academy, Pittsburgh

Questions

Woodland Hills snow day questions

How much snow does N. Braddock get?

What was the biggest snow day near Woodland Hills?

How does the Woodland Hills 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.