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Hartford, Connecticut, 16,839 students in 41 schools

Hartford School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Hartford, measured against Hartford's own big snow morning of 5.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hartford close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Hartford.
The Hartford playbook

How Hartford calls a snow day

When the call comes

On the morning of the day of closing between 5:15 AM and 5:45 AM.

“Generally, school closing announcements are made on the morning of the day of closing between 5:15 AM and 5:45 AM. Sometimes the announcement is made earlier due to imminent inclement weather or when the city’s emergency parking ban.”
Source

How families hear

By phone call, email, text message, the district app, local TV, radio, the district website and social media.

“Automated phone call, email, and text message, and information post via ParentSquare Snow Line - 860-695-SNOW (860-695-7669) Major media outlets (local TV, radio stations, and news websites) District social media and website (www.hartfordschools.org), and school websites”
Inclement Weather Procedures

Making up a lost day

March 10 is reserved, then days are added in June (June 14 and 15 listed).

“Make up days due to school closures will be added in June, if needed, to provide 181 instructional days * June 14,15”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 25, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 12 to Feb 16
  • Last day June 11, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“After gathering information from multiple sources and considering weather-related factors, the Superintendent will make a decision.”
Board policy

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hartford’s snow record

24.8inches of snow a winter
2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.7with 4 in or more
5.5 ina big snow morning in Hartford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0Nov
6.1Dec
7Jan
7.6Feb
3.3Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10 in on December 17, 2020
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 39.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 5.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.4 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.

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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.

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

Next door

Districts near Hartford

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
East Hartford School DistrictEast Hartford24.8 in1.7
West Hartford School DistrictWest Hartford24.8 in1.7
Wethersfield School DistrictWethersfield24.8 in1.7
Windsor School DistrictWindsor24.8 in1.7
Bloomfield School DistrictBloomfield24.8 in1.7
Newington School DistrictNewington25.5 in1.4
The schools

41 schools, the 40 largest here

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

High

  • Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy
  • Hartford Public High School
  • Weaver High School
  • Bulkeley High School
  • Classical Magnet School
  • Sport and Medical Sciences Academy
  • University High School of Science and Engineering
  • Pathways Academy of Technology and Design, East Hartford
  • Great Path Academy at MCC, Manchester
  • Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: High School Campu

Middle

  • McDonough Middle School
  • Burr Middle School
  • Milner Middle School
  • Betances STEM Magnet School
  • M. L. King Jr. Middle School

Elementary

  • Kennelly School
  • Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language Academy
  • Webster Micro Society Magnet School
  • Environmental Sciences Magnet at Hooker School
  • M. D. Fox School
  • Global Communications Academy
  • Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: PK-8 Campus
  • Betances Learning Lab Magnet School
  • Expeditionary Learning Academy at Moylan School
  • Parkville Community School
  • STEM Magnet at Annie Fisher School
  • Naylor/CCSU Leadership Academy
  • Montessori Magnet at Batchelder School
  • Montessori Magnet at Fisher School
  • Sanchez School
  • Breakthrough Magnet School South
  • Breakthrough Magnet School North
  • West Middle School
  • Wish Museum School
  • SAND School
  • Burns Latino Studies Academy
  • Rawson School

Other schools

  • Capital Preparatory Magnet School
  • Hartford PreKindergarten Magnet School: North Campus
  • Hartford PreKindergarten Magnet School: South Campus
Questions

Hartford snow day questions

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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.