Orleans, Vermont, 1,039 students in 7 schools

Orleans Central Supervisory Union Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Orleans get?

About 137.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 13.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 5.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Orleans?

20.4 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 175.3 inches.

Q: Does Orleans get more snow days than other Vermont districts?

Orleans averages 5.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 87 percent of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Orleans snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Orleans 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 Orleans’s own big snow morning: 4.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Orleans, measured against Orleans's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Orleans close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Orleans’s snow record

137.9inches of snow a winter

13.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

5.4with 4 in or more

4.3 ina big snow morning in Orleans: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 87% of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

13.6Nov

27.2Dec

31.3Jan

29.6Feb

25.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 20.4 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 175.3 in
6 in mornings 2 a winter
1 in mornings 25.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.7 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.

The Vermont rule

How Vermont counts a lost day

Vermont requires at least 175 student attendance days a year, with the school board setting the length of the day. A school closed for a cause beyond the board's control may petition the State Board for a waiver, filed within 10 days of each closing and by June 15; if granted the district is treated as having met the requirement.

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

Next door

Districts near Orleans

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
North Country Supervisory UnionNewport	150.5 in	7.4
Kingdom East Supervisory DistrictLyndonville	88.6 in	3.1
Caledonia Central Supervisory UnionDanville	85.5 in	3.4
Lamoille South Supervisory UnionMorrisville	137.7 in	6.9
Saint Johnsbury Supervisory DistrictSt. Johnsbury	85.5 in	3.4
Lamoille North Supervisory UnionHyde Park	137.7 in	6.9

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Lake Region Union High School

Elementary

Albany Community School, Albany
Barton Graded School, Barton
Brownington Central School, Brownington
Orleans Elementary School
Glover Community School, Glover
Irasburg Village School, Irasburg

Questions

Orleans snow day questions

How much snow does Orleans get?

What was the biggest snow day near Orleans?

Does Orleans get more snow days than other Vermont districts?

How does the Orleans snow day predictor work?

How does Vermont handle snow days?

More winter

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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.