52 Vermont school districts, each read against its own snow
Vermont Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings for any Vermont ZIP, with every district’s snow record and the rules Vermont sets for a lost day.
Your district, your mornings
Snow day odds for your Vermont ZIP
The next school morning
Tomorrow in Vermont
The state’s biggest districts, each read against its own forecast and its own big snow morning.
A school closed for a cause beyond the board's control may petition the State Board for a waiver, filed within 10 days of each closing and by June 15; if granted the district is treated as having met the requirement.
“When a public school is closed for cause beyond the control of the school board, it may petition the State Board for a waiver of the requirements of this section.”
Ranked by weekday mornings from December through March with 4 inches or more of new snow at the 7 am reading, averaged over ten winters at each district’s nearest NOAA weather station.
Snow a winter and 4 inch mornings come from each district’s nearest NOAA weather station over ten winters. Built in days are the district’s own, read from its calendar. Every linked district has a page with its live odds, its snow record and its schools.
Mill River Unified Union Supervisory DistrictNorth Clarendon
797
57.8 in
2.9
Windham Central Supervisory UnionTownshend
795
83.1 in
4.2
Winooski Supervisory DistrictWinooski
763
78.8 in
3.2
Grand Isle Supervisory UnionGrand Isle
610
75.3 in
1.9
Windham Southwest Supervisory UnionWilmington
598
83.1 in
4.2
Rivendell Interstate Supervisory DistrictOrford
414
53.2 in
3.3
School Administrative Unit #70Hanover
335
56.7 in
2.8
Essex North Supervisory UnionCanaan
329
172.5 in
7.2
Lincoln Supervisory DistrictLincoln
105
108.1 in
4.8
Questions
Vermont snow day questions
Vermont requires at least 175 student attendance days a year, with the school board setting the length of the day.
A school closed for a cause beyond the board's control may petition the State Board for a waiver, filed within 10 days of each closing and by June 15; if granted the district is treated as having met the requirement.
All 52 in the state, by ZIP, with a page of their own for 39, including Champlain Valley, Essex-Westford and Burlington. Every page carries the district’s own snow record and the odds for its next three school mornings.
A typical Vermont district sees about 8.3 weekday mornings a winter with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.3 with 4 inches or more, counted on weekdays from December 1 through March 31 at each district’s nearest NOAA weather station over ten winters. The snowiest districts in the table see several times that.
Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and the district’s winter break are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for your ZIP through the night and the bus hours, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against what counts as a big morning for your district. The state rules come from the Vermont Agency of Education and the state code.
