Farmington School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Farmington call a snow day?

Farmington announces closings the decision-making process begins the next morning at approximately 4:15 a.m, by its own published protocol.

Q: How does Farmington announce a snow day?

By the district website, radio, the district app and email, and on the district’s own closings page.

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

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

Q: How much snow does Farmington get?

About 37.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Farmington?

14 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 56 inches.

Q: How does the Farmington snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Farmington 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 Farmington’s own big snow morning: 8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Farmington close tomorrow?

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

The Farmington playbook

How Farmington calls a snow day

When the call comes

The decision-making process begins the next morning at approximately 4:15 a.m.

“Depending on the information gathered, the decision-making process begins the next morning at approximately 4:15 a.m.”

Source

How families hear

By the district website, radio, the district app and email.

“All school cancellations/delays and early dismissals will be posted: To the FPS website at http://www.fpsct.org To local news and radio stations To the FPS ParentSquare app via push notification (no text charges apply) via email (powered by ParentSquare)”

Emergency Information - Farmington Public Schools

Making up a lost day

Added after the scheduled last day of school.

“Any unexpected school closings will be made up following the scheduled last day of school.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 31, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 16
Last day June 11, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

“The decision to open, delay, dismiss early or close schools is based on careful analysis of all of the facts available at the time of the decision.”

Board policy

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Farmington’s snow record

37.6inches of snow a winter

5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.4with 4 in or more

8 ina big snow morning in Farmington: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 87% of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

0.9Nov

7.9Dec

10.9Jan

11.4Feb

5.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 56 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 8.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.6 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 Farmington

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Avon School DistrictAvon	37.6 in	2.4
Canton School DistrictCollinsville	37.6 in	2.4
Plainville School DistrictPlainville	25.5 in	1.4
West Hartford School DistrictWest Hartford	24.8 in	1.7
Regional School District 10Burlington	37.6 in	2.4
Bristol School DistrictBristol	28.4 in	2.2

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Farmington High School

Middle

West Woods Upper Elementary School
Irving A. Robbins Middle School

Elementary

East Farms School
West District School, Unionville
Noah Wallace School
Union School, Unionville

Questions

Farmington snow day questions

When does Farmington call a snow day?

How does Farmington announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Farmington?

How much snow does Farmington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Farmington?

How does the Farmington 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.