New York snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Utica averages 164 in a year, New York 25 in
New York towns, ranked
- Uticaaverages 164 inches a year · snow belt
- Syracuseaverages 128 inches a year · snow belt
- Rochesteraverages 102 inches a year · snow belt
- Buffaloaverages 95 inches a year · heavy snow
- Schenectadyaverages 59 inches a year · regular snow
- Albanyaverages 56 inches a year · regular snow
- Yonkersaverages 33 inches a year · moderate snow
- New Rochelleaverages 33 inches a year · moderate snow
- Mount Vernonaverages 33 inches a year · moderate snow
- New Yorkaverages 25 inches a year · moderate snow
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 New York’s 25, 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.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.