Naples, Utah, 6,942 students in 13 schools

Uintah School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Naples get?

About 25.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Uintah?

7.8 inches on January 18, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 73.5 inches.

Q: How does the Uintah snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Naples 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 Uintah’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Uintah snow day predictor look?

Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and breaks are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Uintah, measured against Uintah's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Uintah close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Uintah’s snow record

25.5inches of snow a winter

3.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Uintah: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.8Nov

5.9Dec

6.7Jan

7.2Feb

1.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.8 in on January 18, 2019
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 73.5 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 5.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.9 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 Utah rule

How Utah counts a lost day

Utah requires at least 180 school days of educational services. No fixed count; a district that closes for snow and would fall short of 180 days can ask the State Superintendent for a waiver, granted without Board approval if it built contingency days into its calendar.

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

Next door

Districts near Uintah

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Duchesne School DistrictRoosevelt	15.7 in	0.4
Carbon School DistrictPrice	15.8 in	0.7
Wasatch School DistrictHeber City	64.2 in	3.1
Park City School DistrictPark City	134.5 in	7.9
Provo School DistrictProvo	29.1 in	0.8
Nebo School DistrictSpanish Fork	52.6 in	3.2

The schools

13 schools

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

High

Uintah High, Vernal
Ashley Valley Educ. Ctr., Vernal

Middle

Vernal Middle, Vernal
Uintah Middle School, Vernal

Elementary

Discovery School, Vernal
Maeser School, Vernal
Ashley School, Vernal
Naples School, Vernal
Davis School, Vernal
Eagle View School, Roosevelt
Lapoint School, La Point
Uintah Online School, Vernal

Other schools

Uintah Specialized Preschool, Vernal

Questions

Uintah snow day questions

How much snow does Naples get?

What was the biggest snow day near Uintah?

How does the Uintah snow day predictor work?

How does Utah handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Uintah snow day predictor look?

More winter

More for Utah 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.Utah winter forecastThe season ahead for Utah: 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.