Poudre School District R-1 Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Poudre R-1, measured against Poudre R-1's own big snow morning of 4.7 inches.
Will Poudre R-1 close tomorrow?
How Poudre R-1 calls a snow day
When the call comes
Before 5 a.m. on the day, and by 10:30 p.m. the night before when possible.
“At the latest, PSD will announce inclement weather decisions prior to 5 a.m. on the day inclement weather is expected.”Source
How families hear
By email, text message, phone call, the district website, social media, local TV and radio.
“When PSD implements a procedure, the district sends an email, SMS message and robocall to all parents/guardians and secondary students. Information is also posted on the district website and social media platforms.”Inclement Weather Procedures - Poudre School District
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“Buses will pick up students at bus stops 2 hours later than the regular schedule.”Delay schedule
Remote learning days
Poudre R-1 has remote learning days in its winter plan.
“Remote synchronous learning takes place. A remote learning schedule will be available on each schools’ website.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 19, 2026
- Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
- February break Feb 12 to Feb 15
- Last day May 28, 2027
The board policy
“About 4:30 a.m., the PSD superintendent, the executive director of operations and the director of transportation join a conference call with representatives of Colorado State University, the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and emergency management and response services to discuss the weather/storm.”Board policy
Read from Poudre R-1’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is psdschools.org.
Poudre R-1’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 72% of the 177 Colorado districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 22.2 in on March 14, 2021
- Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 94.9 in
- 6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
- 1 in mornings 7 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.
How Colorado counts a lost day
Colorado requires at least 160 days, with 1,080 scheduled hours in secondary school and 990 in elementary. The scheduled hours can drop to 1,056 (secondary), 968 (elementary), 870 (full-day kindergarten) or 435 (half-day kindergarten) to cover conferences, staff training and closings the board judges necessary for student health, safety or welfare.
The Colorado rules in the agency’s own words, and every Colorado district
Districts near Poudre R-1
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Windsor School District RE-4Windsor | 36.6 in | 1 |
| Thompson School District R-2JLoveland | 41.6 in | 1 |
| Johnstown-Milliken School District RE-5JMilliken | 30.1 in | 0.6 |
| Greeley School District 6Greeley | 26 in | 0.5 |
| St. Vrain Valley School District RE 1JLongmont | 43.2 in | 1.5 |
| Boulder Valley School District RE-2Boulder | 71.9 in | 2.5 |
52 schools, the 40 largest here
Every school in Poudre R-1 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Rocky Mountain High School
- Fossil Ridge High School
- Fort Collins High School
- Poudre High School
Middle
- Lesher Middle School
- Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School
- Webber Middle School
- Boltz Middle School
- Lincoln Middle School
- Preston Middle School
- Blevins Middle School
Elementary
- Eyestone Elementary School, Wellington
- Bethke Elementary School, Timnath
- Tavelli Elementary School
- Traut Core Elementary School
- Zach Elementary School
- Timnath Elementary School, Timnath
- Kruse Elementary School
- Riffenburgh Elementary School
- Bauder Elementary School
- O'Dea Elementary School
- Laurel Elementary School
- Rice Elementary School, Wellington
- Shepardson Elementary School
- Bacon Elementary School
- Dunn Elementary School
- Bennett Elementary School
- McGraw Elementary School
- Irish Elementary School
- Lopez Elementary School
- Werner Elementary School
- Olander Elementary School
- Johnson Elementary School
- Beattie Elementary School
- Harris Bilingual Elementary School
Other schools
- Liberty Common Charter School
- Timnath Middle-High School, Timnath
- Wellington Middle-High School, Wellington
- Ridgeview Classical Schools
- Polaris Expeditionary Learning School
Poudre R-1 snow day questions
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The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.