Snow day predictor for Sydney
Sydney forecast point: 225.1 cm of snow a year and a January mean of -2.8°C in ERA5, 2014–2023.
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Sydney, Nova Scotia
Updated Nov 4, 2026, 11:18 p.m.. Matched Sydney. High snow tolerance (snow points × 0.72). Standard cold sensitivity.
The morning decision window has passed in this time zone. Tomorrow is the score to watch.
School is probably on
Pack your bag. This forecast does not suggest a closure.
Buses: 4% chance of a cancellation or delay. Higher confidence.
Biggest factor: nothing strong in the overnight window.
What should I do? Pack the school bag. Still check your board in the morning in case the buses are cancelled.
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Weather data: Open-Meteo. Postal codes use GeoNames forward-sortation centroids (CC BY 4.0); an unknown area falls back to OpenStreetMap Nominatim. This is an estimate, not a school-board announcement. Estimate only. Check your board.
Will school be closed tomorrow?
Votes on this Sydney page. One vote per device today. This is not a board decision.
- 0 · 0%No chance
- 0 · 0%Maybe
- 0 · 0%For sure
0 votes today.
Sydney is unusual in this archive because March, not a midwinter month, is largest: 54 cm. The year reaches 225.1 cm and January averages -2.8°C. Cape Breton is not the Halifax forecast point. Charlottetown averages 196.3 cm a year.
November through March accounts for 197.9 cm of the 225.1 cm annual average at this point. Our model preload for this page is high snow tolerance and standard cold sensitivity. That setting is editorial. It is not a threshold published by a school board. The live score uses the hourly forecast, not the ten-year average. There is no centimetre rule on this page for closing schools in Sydney.
Snowfall at this forecast point
Open-Meteo ERA5, 2014–2023, at 46.14°N, 60.19°W. Annual snowfall averages 225.1 cm. January mean temperature is -2.8°C. The largest month is March at 54 cm. This is a reanalysis at our point, not an Environment and Climate Change Canada station normal, and it is not a closure rule. Source: Open-Meteo.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.5 | 52.6 | 54 | 25.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 7 | 31.8 |
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How much snow does the Sydney forecast point record?
Open-Meteo’s ERA5 archive for 1 January 2014 through 31 December 2023 averages 225.1 cm of snow a year at 46.14°N, 60.19°W. The largest month in that average is March at 54 cm. This is a reanalysis at our forecast point, not an Environment and Climate Change Canada station normal, and it is not a closure threshold.
How cold is January at the Sydney forecast point?
The same ERA5 run puts the January mean temperature at -2.8°C. Our model preload for this page is high snow tolerance and standard cold sensitivity. That setting is editorial. It is not a threshold published by a school board. Cold on a dry morning is a different factor from snow, and the hourly forecast, not this average, is what the live score uses.
How does Sydney compare with a nearby forecast point?
Charlottetown, the nearest other point we publish, averages 196.3 cm a year and -5°C in January under the same ERA5 run.
Who decides whether schools close in Sydney?
This site does not have a school-board page that we have checked for Sydney. Closures are a local decision. Use the school’s own site. The percentage on this page is a weather estimate only.