Newington School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Newington call a snow day?

Newington announces closings most decisions to delay or cancel are made by 5:15am, by its own published protocol.

Q: How does Newington announce a snow day?

By the district website, local TV and text message, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: How long is a delayed start in Newington?

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

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

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

Q: How much snow does Newington get?

About 25.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.8 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: How does the Newington snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Newington 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 Newington’s own big snow morning: 8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.8 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Newington close tomorrow?

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

The Newington playbook

How Newington calls a snow day

When the call comes

Most decisions to delay or cancel are made by 5:15am.

“Our rapid notification system begins sending messages 6:00am, however, most decisions to delay or cancel are made by 5:15am and posted on our website and the 4 major television stations listed below.”

Source

How families hear

By the district website, local TV and text message.

“*Text message notifications are available as part of the District's communication system called ParentSquare . This feature is only available to those who "opt in" to receive these notifications.”

Emergency Closing Info

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“In Newington, we use a two-hour delay schedule; this applies to all normal operations of the school district, including bus transportation schedules, and bus stops.”

Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

Snow makeup days June 14 to 30, then April vacation if needed.

Make up dates: Jun 14, Jun 15, Jun 16, Jun 17, Jun 18, Jun 21, Jun 22, Jun 23, Jun 24, Jun 25, Jun 28, Jun 29, Jun 30.

“*= Snow Makeup Days ... If additional days are needed, April vacation may be used or other available days as necessary.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 27, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 11 to Feb 15
Last day June 11, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Newington’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 Newington: 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 5.8 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 Newington

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
New Britain School DistrictNew Britain	25.5 in	1.4
Wethersfield School DistrictWethersfield	24.8 in	1.7
West Hartford School DistrictWest Hartford	24.8 in	1.7
Rocky Hill School DistrictRocky Hill	24.8 in	1.7
Berlin School DistrictBerlin	25.5 in	1.4
Hartford School DistrictHartford	24.8 in	1.7

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Newington High School

Middle

John Wallace Middle School
Martin Kellogg Middle School

Elementary

John Paterson School
Anna Reynolds School
Ruth Chaffee School
Elizabeth Green School

Questions

Newington snow day questions

When does Newington call a snow day?

How does Newington announce a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Newington?

When is the last day of school for Newington?

How much snow does Newington get?

How does the Newington snow day predictor work?

How does Connecticut handle snow days?

More winter

More for Connecticut snow days

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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.