New York snow day predictor

Nothing in the New York forecast this week that closes schools. Updated hourly from the National Weather Service.

Very likelyLikelyPossibleUnlikelyNo chance10 towns scored · peak odds over the next 7 days

New York towns, ranked

New Yorkaverages 25" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Buffaloaverages 95" a year · heavy snow0%no chance
Yonkersaverages 33" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Rochesteraverages 102" a year · snow belt0%no chance
Syracuseaverages 128" a year · snow belt0%no chance
Albanyaverages 56" a year · regular snow0%no chance
New Rochelleaverages 33" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Mount Vernonaverages 33" a year · moderate snow0%no chance
Schenectadyaverages 59" a year · regular snow0%no chance
Uticaaverages 164" a year · snow belt0%no chance

How snow days work in New York

There is no single New York snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Utica averages 164 inches of snow a year against Utica’s 164, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.

Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991–2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.