Johnston, Rhode Island, 3,172 students in 8 schools

Johnston School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Johnston get?

About 45.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Johnston?

16.5 inches on March 14, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 77.1 inches.

Q: Does Johnston get more snow days than other Rhode Island districts?

Johnston averages 2.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 81 percent of the 36 Rhode Island districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Johnston snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Johnston 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 Johnston’s own big snow morning: 5.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Johnston, measured against Johnston's own big snow morning of 5.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Johnston close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Johnston’s snow record

45.3inches of snow a winter

4.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.3with 4 in or more

5.4 ina big snow morning in Johnston: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 36 Rhode Island districts with a station record.

0.9Nov

6.7Dec

13.5Jan

15Feb

7.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16.5 in on March 14, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 77.1 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 6.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.1 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 Rhode Island rule

How Rhode Island counts a lost day

Rhode Island requires 180 days, or the equivalent of at least 1,080 school hours under a commissioner approved calendar.

The Rhode Island rules in the agency’s own words, and every Rhode Island district

Next door

Districts near Johnston

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
North Providence School DistrictNorth Providence	45.3 in	2.3
Providence School DistrictProvidence	32.8 in	1.1
Cranston School DistrictCranston	32.8 in	1.1
Pawtucket School DistrictPawtucket	45.3 in	2.3
East Providence School DistrictEast Providence	32.8 in	1.1
Lincoln School DistrictLincoln	33.9 in	1.8

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Johnston Senior High

Middle

Nicholas A. Ferri Middle

Elementary

Winsor Hill School
Thornton School
Sarah Dyer Barnes School
Brown Avenue School

Other schools

Early Childhood Center
Graniteville School

Questions

Johnston snow day questions

How much snow does Johnston get?

What was the biggest snow day near Johnston?

Does Johnston get more snow days than other Rhode Island districts?

How does the Johnston snow day predictor work?

How does Rhode Island handle snow days?

More winter

More for Rhode Island snow days

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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.