Snow Day Predictor

Snowfall totals alone tell an incomplete story. A light dusting on an already icy road can be more dangerous for bus routes than six inches of dry, powdery snow on clear pavement, which is why districts in snow-heavy regions often stay open through storms that would shut down a district further south. Regional infrastructure and plowing readiness shift the actual threshold for closure dramatically.

This tool exists for the fun of it as much as the forecasting, students checking it the night before a storm, parents trying to plan ahead, but it's built on the same variables meteorologists and school administrators actually look at: expected accumulation, ice risk, temperature, and wind, just weighted into a quick probability score instead of an official decision.

Enter your expected snowfall total, ice accumulation estimate, overnight low temperature, and your general region's typical winter preparedness level. The predictor runs those inputs through a weighted scoring model and returns an estimated percentage chance of a closure.

Checking the forecast for your area shouldn't come with any tracking attached. The prediction is calculated in your browser, and we never receive or log your location. To get a forecast, the tool asks outside services for your approximate location from your IP address and for weather data, so those services see the coordinates or place name it looks up.