Snow Day Calculator

Winter on the Web: New Jersey Schoolkid Develops Snow-Day Calculator

For kids who live in snowy regions, anticipating snow days is a time-honored winter tradition. But the tradition, like many others, may change with new technology.

When he was in the sixth grade, David Sukhin came up with an algorithm to predict when his school would declare a snow day. So while his classmates goofed off after school, he built the Snow Day Calculator, which he has used for every snowstorm since. Sukhin is now in 11th grade, and his calculator has not failed him once. ( Read Snow Day Calculator more... )

Web Site of the Week: Snow Day Calculator

The Eastern US has had lots of snow this winter and students have been busy checking Snow Day Calculator. The developer of the web site, David Sukhin, uses weather.gov and additional information provided by the user to predict the probability that a school will be closed in the next two days.

Some of the information provided by the user is subjective so the probability may change depending on how the user answers these questions: leniency of the administration, special event or activity and hype for a snow day. In case you wondered, there is no chance that schools in Key West FL will be closed today because of snow! ( Read Snow Day Calculator more... )

Snow Day Calculator

Snow Day Calculator will predict if you are going to have a snow day tomorrow. The app will gather weather information based on your zip code and then ask you a few short questions. To make its prediction, the app runs a complex algorithm based on all the factors. Some of the factors taken into account are weather forecast, type of school, administration leniency, hype, and terrain. Fun and informative, Snow Day Calculator will help you answer the critical question: Do I need to do my homework tonight or will tomorrow be a snow day ? ( Read Snow Day Calculator more... )

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