Ellington, Connecticut, 2,547 students in 5 schools

Ellington School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Ellington get?

About 38.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Ellington?

15.8 inches on March 14, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 62.3 inches.

Q: Does Ellington get more snow days than other Connecticut districts?

Ellington averages 1.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 64 percent of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Ellington snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Ellington 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 Ellington’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Ellington, measured against Ellington's own big snow morning of 4.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Ellington close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Ellington’s snow record

38.9inches of snow a winter

3.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

4.7 ina big snow morning in Ellington: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

0.9Nov

8Dec

10.7Jan

11.2Feb

6.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15.8 in on March 14, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 62.3 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 5.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.4 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 Ellington

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Vernon School DistrictVernon	24.8 in	1.7
Somers School DistrictSomers	26.1 in	1.1
Tolland School DistrictTolland	36.8 in	1.9
East Windsor School DistrictEast Windsor	38.9 in	1.9
South Windsor School DistrictSouth Windsor	24.8 in	1.7
Manchester School DistrictManchester	24.8 in	1.7

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Ellington High School

Middle

Ellington Middle School

Elementary

Windermere School
Center School
Crystal Lake School

Questions

Ellington snow day questions

How much snow does Ellington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ellington?

Does Ellington get more snow days than other Connecticut districts?

How does the Ellington snow day predictor work?

How does Connecticut handle snow days?

More winter

More for Connecticut snow days

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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.