# Snow Day Radar gives snow day odds for every Lower 48 public school district Published November 13, 2026, 11:01 AM ET By Ryan Hall, Y'all Written by our automated news desk from National Weather Service data. Snow Day Radar, our free iPhone app, now shows the chance of a snow day, a delay or a virtual day for every public school district in the Lower 48. Look up your school, read the reason in plain words, and save it with alerts on the night before a storm. It's in the App Store and at snowdayradar.com. ## Key points - **What:** Snow Day Radar answers "Will there be school tomorrow?" with a percent chance of a snow day, a delay or a virtual day. - **Where:** Every public school district in the Lower 48. - **How it works:** Search for your school, read the odds and the reason, then save it. - **What to do:** The night before a storm, save your school and turn on alerts. The app tells you when your odds jump. - **Cost:** Free on iPhone. Search "Snow Day Radar" in the App Store, or go to snowdayradar.com. ![Snow Day Radar announcement: Instagram feed (graphic by the Ryan Hall, Y'all newsroom)](https://public.yallsoft.app/rhy/blog/images/2026-11-13-news-newsroom-48274708-0-1558.png) Snow Day Radar, our free iPhone app, now shows the chance of a snow day, a delay or a virtual day for every public school district in the Lower 48. We're announcing it today, Friday, Nov. 13. You look up your school and get the odds, plus the reason behind them in plain words, and you can find it in the App Store or at snowdayradar.com. ## What Snow Day Radar shows you The graphic above is an example from the Jan. 6, 2025 storm. It shows the kind of answer you get when you look up a school. Each district gets three separate chances: a snow day, a delay and a virtual day. Those are different calls for a family. A delay means you adjust the morning. A snow day means you rearrange the whole day. A virtual day means the kids stay home but school still happens. Seeing all three helps you plan for the right one. The odds come with the reason in plain words. You don't have to read a forecast map and guess what it means for your school. These are odds, not promises, so use the number to plan and watch for your district's official announcement. ## How to use it before a storm The best time to use it is the night before. Here is the simple routine: 1. Open the app and search for your school. 2. Save it. 3. Turn on alerts. After that, the app tells you when your odds jump. You don't have to keep refreshing a forecast at 9 PM or set an alarm to check at 4:30 AM. If you have kids in more than one district, or you work at a school in a different district than where you live, you can look up each one. ## Where winter is showing up right now Snow Day Radar is built for storm days. Snow continues this morning across parts of central and eastern New York. A Winter Storm Warning for Otsego County and Winter Weather Advisories for Chenango, Delaware, Schoharie, western Greene and western Ulster counties run until 1 PM EST today. Those areas could pick up up to 1 more inch of snow before it ends. You can see every active alert on our [warnings page](/warnings). Our [winter storm outlook](/winter) shows only a Marginal risk of winter weather impacts through the weekend. That covers portions of the interior Northeast and Great Lakes today. On Saturday, Nov. 14 it covers portions of the southern Rockies, interior Northeast and central Appalachians. On Sunday, Nov. 15 it covers portions of the southern Rockies and adjacent high plains. Check our [snow forecasts](/snow) for the details where you live. Next week, the snow is in the mountains of the West. A Monday and Tuesday system should bring snow to the Cascades, the northern Sierra Nevada and the mountains of Idaho, western Montana and the central Rockies. Lower valleys should mostly see rain or a mix. Confidence is relatively high for that first system and drops later in the week. ## What to do - Download Snow Day Radar on iPhone from the App Store, or visit snowdayradar.com. - Look up your school or schools and save them. - Turn on alerts before the next storm, not during it. ## Bottom line Snow Day Radar gives every public school district in the Lower 48 its own chance of a snow day, a delay or a virtual day, with the reason in plain words. It's free on iPhone, so save your school and turn on alerts before the next storm. Explained: [Winter Storm Watch vs. Warning vs. Winter Weather Advisory: What Each Means](https://ryanhallyall.com/news/winter-storm-watch-vs-warning-vs-winter-weather-advisory) More on: [November 2026 weather](https://ryanhallyall.com/news/topic/november-2026-weather) --- Canonical: https://ryanhallyall.com/news/snow-day-radar-gives-snow-day-odds-for-every-lower-48-public-school-district From Ryan Hall, Y'all (https://ryanhallyall.com). Always follow official warnings from the National Weather Service.