Simsbury School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Simsbury announce a snow day?

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

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

June 7, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Simsbury get?

About 38.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Simsbury?

15.8 inches on March 14, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 62.3 inches.

Q: Does Simsbury get more snow days than other Connecticut districts?

Simsbury averages 1.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 64 percent of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Simsbury snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Simsbury 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 Simsbury’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.3 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Simsbury close tomorrow?

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

The Simsbury playbook

How Simsbury calls a snow day

How families hear

By local TV and the district website.

“Announcements will be listed on the following stations: Television Stations: Channel 3 WFSB; Channel 8 WTNH; Channel 30 WVIT Emergency closing information is also posted on the SPS website”

Simsbury Public Schools 2026-27 Calendar (K-12 information page)

Making up a lost day

Last day moves to the 180th student day.

“**School will close for the year upon completion of the 180th student school day. ** Subject to change if needed to make-up for inclement weather days.”

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 7, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. A snow day before schools reopened on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.
“Black ice concerns persist in Simsbury as schools reopen after snow day”
News report

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Simsbury’s snow record

38.9inches of snow a winter

3.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

4.7 ina big snow morning in Simsbury: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 64% of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

0.9Nov

8Dec

10.7Jan

11.2Feb

6.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15.8 in on March 14, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 62.3 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 5.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.3 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.

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 Simsbury

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Avon School DistrictAvon	37.6 in	2.4
Granby School DistrictGranby	42.4 in	2.6
Bloomfield School DistrictBloomfield	24.8 in	1.7
Windsor School DistrictWindsor	24.8 in	1.7
Canton School DistrictCollinsville	37.6 in	2.4
Windsor Locks School DistrictWindsor Locks	38.9 in	1.9

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Simsbury High School

Middle

Henry James Memorial School

Elementary

Squadron Line School
Latimer Lane School, Weatogue
Central School
Tootin' Hills School, West Simsbury
Tariffville School, Tariffville

Questions

Simsbury snow day questions

How does Simsbury announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Simsbury?

How much snow does Simsbury get?

What was the biggest snow day near Simsbury?

Does Simsbury get more snow days than other Connecticut districts?

How does the Simsbury 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.