The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Bethel, measured against Bethel's own big snow morning of 4 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Bethel close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Bethel.
Ten winters of school mornings
Bethel’s snow record
44.8inches of snow a winter
3.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.5with 4 in or more
4 ina big snow morning in Bethel: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
1.4Nov
8.2Dec
12.2Jan
14.5Feb
7.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 16.1 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 77.1 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 6.1 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles 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.
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The Connecticut rule
How Connecticut counts a lost day
Connecticut requires at least 180 days and 900 hours of actual school work, counting no more than 7 hours a day.
Every school in Bethel follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Bethel High School
Middle
Bethel Middle School
Elementary
Ralph M. T. Johnson School
Frank A. Berry School
Anna H. Rockwell School
Questions
Bethel snow day questions
About 44.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.5 with 4 inches or more.
16.1 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 77.1 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bethel through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Bethel’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away.
Connecticut requires at least 180 days and 900 hours of actual school work, counting no more than 7 hours a day.
A remote learning day counts as an actual school session if it meets the Commissioner's remote learning standards; the statute sets no cap.
The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.
