Woodbridge, Connecticut, 2,112 students in 3 schools

Regional High School District 05 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Woodbridge get?

About 34 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Regional High School District 05?

13.5 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 65 inches.

Q: How does the Regional High School District 05 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Woodbridge 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 Regional High School District 05’s own big snow morning: 8.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.8 miles away.

Q: Can Connecticut schools hold a remote day instead?

A remote learning day counts as an actual school session if it meets the Commissioner's remote learning standards; the statute sets no cap.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Regional High School District 05, measured against Regional High School District 05's own big snow morning of 8.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Regional High School District 05 close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Regional High School District 05’s snow record

34inches of snow a winter

3.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.6with 4 in or more

8.4 ina big snow morning in Regional High School District 05: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.8Nov

5.7Dec

9Jan

11.5Feb

6.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

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 8.8 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 Regional High School District 05

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Ansonia School DistrictAnsonia	34 in	1.6
Derby School DistrictDerby	34 in	1.6
Hamden School DistrictHamden	27.7 in	1.3
Seymour School DistrictSeymour	34 in	1.6
Orange School DistrictOrange	34 in	1.6
New Haven School DistrictNew Haven	34 in	1.6

The schools

3 schools

Every school in Regional High School District 05 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Amity Regional High School

Middle

Amity Middle School: Orange, Orange
Amity Middle School: Bethany, Bethany

Questions

Regional High School District 05 snow day questions

How much snow does Woodbridge get?

What was the biggest snow day near Regional High School District 05?

How does the Regional High School District 05 snow day predictor work?

How does Connecticut handle snow days?

Can Connecticut schools hold a remote day instead?

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.