New Britain, Connecticut, 9,900 students in 14 schools

New Britain School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does New Britain announce a snow day?

By phone call, local TV and social media, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: How long is a delayed start in New Britain?

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

Q: When is the last day of school for New Britain?

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

Q: How much snow does New Britain get?

About 25.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near New Britain?

14 inches on February 2, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 39.9 inches.

Q: How does the New Britain snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Britain 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 New Britain’s own big snow morning: 8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in New Britain, measured against New Britain's own big snow morning of 8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will New Britain close tomorrow?

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

The New Britain playbook

How New Britain calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, local TV and social media.

“The following television stations shall also be contacted and will broadcast the no-school announcement or delayed opening: TV & Web: WVIT NBC CT, WTNH Channel 8, WFSB Channel 3, WTIC Fox 61”

Delays and Closings

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Two Hour Delay When a decision is made to open school late, an announcement will be made using our phone system and TV announcement procedure as used for school closings.”

Delay schedule

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 28, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 12 to Feb 15
Last day June 11, 2027

District calendar

Read from New Britain’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is csdnb.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

New Britain’s snow record

25.5inches of snow a winter

2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

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

1.1Nov

4.5Dec

7.5Jan

8.9Feb

2.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on February 2, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 39.9 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.4 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.

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 New Britain

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Berlin School DistrictBerlin	25.5 in	1.4
Newington School DistrictNewington	25.5 in	1.4
Plainville School DistrictPlainville	25.5 in	1.4
Southington School DistrictSouthington	45.7 in	1.7
West Hartford School DistrictWest Hartford	24.8 in	1.7
Cromwell School DistrictCromwell	25.5 in	1.4

The schools

14 schools

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

High

New Britain High School

Middle

Pulaski Middle School
Slade Middle School, New Britian
House of Arts Letters and Science (HALS) Academy

Elementary

DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School
Smalley Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Smith Elementary School
Holmes Elementary School, New Britian
Vance Elementary School
Gaffney Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Chamberlain Elementary School
Northend Elementary School

Questions

New Britain snow day questions

How does New Britain announce a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in New Britain?

When is the last day of school for New Britain?

How much snow does New Britain get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Britain?

How does the New Britain 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.