Fairfield School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Fairfield call a snow day?

Fairfield announces closings by 5:30 am, with the process starting as early as 4:30 am, by its own published protocol.

Q: How long is a delayed start in Fairfield?

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

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

June 11, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Fairfield get?

About 28.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: How does the Fairfield snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fairfield 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 Fairfield’s own big snow morning: 6.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.3 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Fairfield close tomorrow?

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

The Fairfield playbook

How Fairfield calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:30 am, with the process starting as early as 4:30 am.

“Still, the decision is not an exact science, and must be made by 5:30 am for both a delayed (2‐hour) opening and closure.”

Source

How families hear

By the district website, the district app, radio and local TV.

“The following methods of communication will be used for notification of school closures and delayed openings: 1. FPS Website 2. ParentSquare 3. Radio: Local Stations 4. TV: Cablevision Channel 12”

Emergency Alerts

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If it appears conditions will be safe with a delayed opening, then schools open 2 hours late and the bus schedule is adjusted accordingly. Dismissal is at the usual time in the afternoon, even if the opening of school is delayed.”

Making up a lost day

First 5 snow days extend the year; more come out of April Break starting April 16.

“The first 5 snow days will extend the length of the school year. Additional snow days will reduce the April Break beginning with April 16th.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 1, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 12 to Feb 15
Last day June 11, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026: 3 days. Three snow days, Jan 26 and Feb 23 to 24, marked on the updated calendar.
“January 26 - SNOW DAY Feb 23, 24 - SNOW DAYS”
District notice

Read from Fairfield’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is fairfieldschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Fairfield’s snow record

28.7inches of snow a winter

2.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

6.7 ina big snow morning in Fairfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.6Nov

4.5Dec

8.3Jan

10.7Feb

4.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15.2 in on February 1, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 55.9 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.3 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 Fairfield

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Bridgeport School DistrictBridgeport	28.7 in	1.4
Stratford School DistrictStratford	28.7 in	1.4
Trumbull School DistrictTrumbull	34 in	1.6
Westport School DistrictWestport	29 in	1.8	5
Weston School DistrictWeston	31.8 in	1.4
Monroe School DistrictMonroe	34 in	1.6

The schools

16 schools

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

High

Fairfield Ludlowe High School
Fairfield Warde High School

Middle

Roger Ludlowe Middle School
Fairfield Woods Middle School
Tomlinson Middle School

Elementary

McKinley School
Osborn Hill School
North Stratfield School
Mill Hill School, Southport
Riverfield School
Holland Hill School
Sherman School
Burr Elementary School
Stratfield School
Jennings School
Dwight Elementary School

Questions

Fairfield snow day questions

When does Fairfield call a snow day?

How does Fairfield announce a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Fairfield?

When is the last day of school for Fairfield?

How much snow does Fairfield get?

How does the Fairfield snow day predictor work?

How does Connecticut handle snow days?

More winter

More for Connecticut snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Connecticut winter forecastThe season ahead for Connecticut: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.