New York Schools Delays & Closing
If you are in the one of listed counties in New York State, occasionally, your educational institution can be delayed or closed due to severe weather conditions.
If you suspect that a (public or private) school may not be operating on schedule, you should call the school directly for verification.
Most educational institution will have the information available as early as 5:00 am Eastern Time on their messaging system and their website.
If you are having trouble reaching your public (private not available) educational institution or you do not have access to a computer with Internet service, you will want to dial 311(212-639-9675 from outside New York City) for further information.
If you are currently out-of-town and is heading back to the New York area, the New York Schools Delays & Closing resources below will help you to find out if the school (college or university) has a delayed opening or will be closed for the day.
As a bonus, you can text alerts to your Internet enable mobile phone or receive emails alerts in your inbox to eliminate continuous browsing the Internet.
Via Telephone
311 School Closing and Delays is a Service of the Department of Education and provides closing on public school closings or delays between 4:00 AM and 6:00 AM on the morning of the scheduled closure. Please note that information about the closing of private schools is not available and you should contact the private school directly.
Alphabetized by County
WABC School Closing and Delays is a Service of WABC-TV and provides closing for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The school closings and delays are provided as soon as they are reported to WABC.
Search by Name
WCBS School Closings and Delays is a Service of WCBS-AM & WCBS-FM and provides closing for New York school closings and delays as soon as they are reported to WCBS. Their service lets you search by the name or the first letter of the schools, college or universities.
Alphabetized by School
WNBC School Closing and Delays is a service of WNBC-TV and provides closing for New York school closings and delays as soon as they are reported to WNBC. The service lets you scroll through an alphabetized listing of the schools, colleges and universities.
Weather Prediction
Weather Underground provides forecasts for the New York and the world with a fast, easy to use interface and includes weather maps, graphics and radar images. With it’s archive, you can see past weather reports and predict school closing with forecasts.
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