Pennsylvania snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Erie averages 104 in a year, Philadelphia 16 in
Pennsylvania towns, ranked
- Erieaverages 104 inches a year · snow belt
- Scrantonaverages 45 inches a year · regular snow
- Pittsburghaverages 44 inches a year · regular snow
- Allentownaverages 33 inches a year · moderate snow
- Bethlehemaverages 33 inches a year · moderate snow
- Readingaverages 27 inches a year · moderate snow
- Yorkaverages 25 inches a year · moderate snow
- Harrisburgaverages 24 inches a year · moderate snow
- Lancasteraverages 21 inches a year · moderate snow
- Philadelphiaaverages 16 inches a year · occasional snow
How snow days work in Pennsylvania
There is no single Pennsylvania snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Erie averages 104 inches of snow a year against Philadelphia’s 16, 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.