Cheshire School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Cheshire announce a snow day?

By radio and local TV, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: How long is a delayed start in Cheshire?

2 hours: on a delay morning every school starts that much later.

Q: When is the last day of school for Cheshire?

June 16, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Cheshire get?

About 27.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Cheshire?

15 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 52.5 inches.

Q: How does the Cheshire snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Cheshire 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 Cheshire’s own big snow morning: 9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Cheshire close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Cheshire.

The Cheshire playbook

How Cheshire calls a snow day

How families hear

By radio and local TV.

“Arrangements have been made with a number of radio and television stations to broadcast DELAYED OPENING/NO SCHOOL/EARLY DISMISSAL ANNOUNCEMENTS .”

Closings & Delays - Cheshire Public Schools

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If the Cheshire Public Schools delay opening, there will be a standard 2-hour delay* .”

Making up a lost day

Added June 17 to 30 (10 days), then backward from April 16.

Make up dates: Jun 17, Jun 18, Jun 21, Jun 22, Jun 23, Jun 24, Jun 25, Jun 28, Jun 29, Jun 30.

“Snow days will be made up from June 17- 30 (10 days). Additional make-up days needed beyond these 10 days will begin with April 16 and move backward.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 8, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 16
Last day June 16, 2027

District calendar

Read from Cheshire’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is cheshire.k12.ct.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Cheshire’s snow record

27.7inches of snow a winter

2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

9 ina big snow morning in Cheshire: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.6Nov

5.1Dec

8.3Jan

9.9Feb

3.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 52.5 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.7 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.

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.

The Connecticut rules in the agency’s own words, and every Connecticut district

Next door

Districts near Cheshire

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Regional School District 16Prospect	26.5 in	1.7
Wallingford School DistrictWallingford	27.7 in	1.3
Meriden School DistrictMeriden	27.7 in	1.3	1
Southington School DistrictSouthington	45.7 in	1.7
North Haven School DistrictNorth Haven	27.7 in	1.3
Waterbury School DistrictWaterbury	26.5 in	1.7

The schools

7 schools

Every school in Cheshire follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Cheshire High School

Middle

Dodd Middle School

Elementary

Highland School
Doolittle School
Norton School
Chapman School

Other schools

Darcey School

Questions

Cheshire snow day questions

How does Cheshire announce a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Cheshire?

When is the last day of school for Cheshire?

How much snow does Cheshire get?

What was the biggest snow day near Cheshire?

How does the Cheshire snow day predictor work?

How does Connecticut handle snow days?

More winter

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A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle — 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.