Middletown School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Middletown call a snow day?

Middletown announces closings generally announced by 6:00 a.m, by its own published protocol.

Q: How long is a delayed start in Middletown?

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

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

June 8, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Middletown get?

About 24.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.5 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: How does the Middletown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Middletown 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 Middletown’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.5 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Middletown close tomorrow?

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

The Middletown playbook

How Middletown calls a snow day

When the call comes

Generally announced by 6:00 a.m.

“School closings and delays are generally announced by 6:00 a.m.”

Source

How families hear

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

“A notice is placed on the District’s social media accounts: Facebook (@mpsct), Instagram (@mps_ct_), and X (formerly Twitter) (@mps_ct_). A notice is provided to the following television stations: Channels 3, 8, 61, & 30.”

Closings and Delays

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“A standard school delay time in the morning of 2 hours will occur for inclement weather.”

Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

June 9 to 17 first, then Spring Break from first day to last, then June 21 to 30.

“Emergency Closing Make-up Days will be taken in the following order: 1. June 9-17 (8 days) 2. Spring Break, Apr. 13-17, in order from first to last (5 days) 3. June 21-30 (7 days)”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 27, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 17
Last day June 8, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Middletown’s snow record

24.4inches of snow a winter

2.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Middletown: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.8Nov

5Dec

8Jan

8.4Feb

2.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 50.1 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.5 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 Middletown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Portland School DistrictPortland	24.4 in	1.1
Regional School District 13Durham	24.4 in	1.1
Cromwell School DistrictCromwell	25.5 in	1.4
Regional School District 17Higganum	24.4 in	1.1
Meriden School DistrictMeriden	27.7 in	1.3	1
Rocky Hill School DistrictRocky Hill	24.8 in	1.7

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Middletown High School

Middle

Beman Middle School

Elementary

Snow School
Lawrence School
Farm Hill School
Spencer School
Bielefield School
Wesley School
MacDonough School
Moody School

Questions

Middletown snow day questions

When does Middletown call a snow day?

How does Middletown announce a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Middletown?

When is the last day of school for Middletown?

How much snow does Middletown get?

How does the Middletown 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.