Naugatuck, Connecticut, 4,231 students in 9 schools

Naugatuck School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Naugatuck announce a snow day?

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

Q: How long is a delayed start in Naugatuck?

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

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

June 4, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Naugatuck get?

About 26.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Naugatuck?

11.5 inches on March 8, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 56.1 inches.

Q: How does the Naugatuck snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Naugatuck 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 Naugatuck’s own big snow morning: 6.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Naugatuck, measured against Naugatuck's own big snow morning of 6.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Naugatuck close tomorrow?

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

The Naugatuck playbook

How Naugatuck calls a snow day

How families hear

By the district website and the district app.

“In the event school is closed because of inclement weather or another emergency, announcements will be made on the district’s website and via Parent Square.”

Student & Family Handbook (Emergency School Closing Information) | Naugatuck Public Schools

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Two Hour Delay 10:40 AM 3:25 PM Three Hour Delay 11:40 AM 3:25 PM”

Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

Added after the tentative last day in June.

“Note: Cancelled school days are made up by extending the school year after the tentative last scheduled day in June.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 26, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 16
Last day June 4, 2027

District calendar

Read from Naugatuck’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is naugatuck.k12.ct.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Naugatuck’s snow record

26.5inches of snow a winter

3.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.7with 4 in or more

6.5 ina big snow morning in Naugatuck: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.9Nov

4.2Dec

7Jan

7.7Feb

5.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on March 8, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 56.1 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.2 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 Naugatuck

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Regional School District 15Middlebury	26.5 in	1.7
Waterbury School DistrictWaterbury	26.5 in	1.7
Regional School District 16Prospect	26.5 in	1.7
Oxford School DistrictOxford	34 in	1.6
Seymour School DistrictSeymour	34 in	1.6
Regional School District 14Woodbury	26.5 in	1.7

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Naugatuck High School

Middle

City Hill Middle School
Cross Street Intermediate School
Hillside Intermediate School

Elementary

Maple Hill School
Hop Brook Elementary School
Western School
Andrew Avenue School
Salem School

Questions

Naugatuck snow day questions

How does Naugatuck announce a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Naugatuck?

When is the last day of school for Naugatuck?

How much snow does Naugatuck get?

What was the biggest snow day near Naugatuck?

How does the Naugatuck 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.