New Haven School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in New Haven, measured against New Haven's own big snow morning of 8.4 inches.
Will New Haven close tomorrow?
How New Haven calls a snow day
How families hear
By the district website, local TV, radio, phone call, text message and email.
“please refer to the main New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) website, local television and radio stations, and the SchoolMessenger system, which sends notifications via phone call, text, or email.”Inclement Weather | Sound School (New Haven Public Schools)
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“This is an important message from the New Haven Public Schools. Tomorrow, Tuesday, all schools will open with a two-hour delay. There will be no before-school programs.”
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 17, 2027
Recent snow days
- 2025 to 2026. All schools closed Monday, January 26, 2026 for a weekend storm.
“We want to let you know that on Monday, January 26, 2026, all New Haven public schools will be closed.”
District notice
Read from New Haven’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is nhps.net.
New Haven’s snow record
- Biggest day 13.5 in on January 26, 2026
- Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 65 in
- 6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
- 1 in mornings 5.2 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.3 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.
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
Districts near New Haven
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| West Haven School DistrictWest Haven | 34 in | 1.6 |
| Hamden School DistrictHamden | 27.7 in | 1.3 |
| East Haven School DistrictEast Haven | 25 in | 1.3 |
| Orange School DistrictOrange | 34 in | 1.6 |
| Regional High School District 05Woodbridge | 34 in | 1.6 |
| North Haven School DistrictNorth Haven | 27.7 in | 1.3 |
37 schools
Every school in New Haven follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Wilbur Cross High School
- James Hillhouse High School
- Hill Regional Career High School
- Engineering - Science University Magnet School, West Haven
- Cooperative High School - Inter-District Magnet
- Metropolitan Business Academy
- Sound School
- New Haven Academy
- High School In The Community
Middle
- Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School
Elementary
- Fair Haven School
- Ross/Woodward School
- Conte/West Hills Magnet School
- Nathan Hale School
- John C. Daniels
- Mauro-Sheridan Magnet School
- Barnard Environmental Magnet School
- Davis Academy for Arts & Design Innovation
- John S. Martinez Sea and Sky STEM School
- Beecher School
- Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration
- Truman School
- Clinton Avenue School
- East Rock Community Magnet School
- King/Robinson Magnet School
- Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet School
- Hill Central Music Academy
- Worthington Hooker School
- Edgewood School
- Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global Awareness
- Benjamin Jepson Magnet School
- Augusta Lewis Troup School
- Celentano BioTech Health and Medical Magnet School
- Barack H. Obama Magnet University School
- Lincoln-Bassett School
- Wexler/Grant Community School
- Brennan Rogers School
New Haven snow day questions
More for Connecticut snow days
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.