Stafford Springs, Connecticut, 1,318 students in 4 schools

Stafford School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Stafford Springs get?

About 50.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Stafford?

17.8 inches on February 10, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 90.4 inches.

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

Stafford averages 2.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 90 percent of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Stafford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Stafford Springs 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 Stafford’s own big snow morning: 7.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Stafford, measured against Stafford's own big snow morning of 7.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Stafford close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Stafford’s snow record

50.9inches of snow a winter

4.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.6with 4 in or more

7.3 ina big snow morning in Stafford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 90% of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

1.4Nov

9.6Dec

13.5Jan

13.7Feb

9.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17.8 in on February 10, 2017
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 90.4 in
6 in mornings 1.5 a winter
1 in mornings 7.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.9 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 Stafford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Tolland School DistrictTolland	36.8 in	1.9
Somers School DistrictSomers	26.1 in	1.1
Ellington School DistrictEllington	38.9 in	1.9
Vernon School DistrictVernon	24.8 in	1.7
Regional High School District 19Storrs	32.2 in	2.3
Mansfield School DistrictStorrs	32.2 in	2.3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Stafford High School

Middle

Stafford Middle School

Elementary

Stafford Elementary School

Other schools

West Stafford School

Questions

Stafford snow day questions

How much snow does Stafford Springs get?

What was the biggest snow day near Stafford?

Does Stafford get more snow days than other Connecticut districts?

How does the Stafford snow day predictor work?

How does Connecticut handle snow days?

More winter

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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.