Tolland, Connecticut, 2,210 students in 4 schools

Tolland School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Tolland get?

About 36.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.9 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 Tolland?

14.9 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 64.3 inches.

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

Tolland 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 Tolland snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Tolland 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 Tolland’s own big snow morning: 4.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Tolland, measured against Tolland's own big snow morning of 4.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Tolland close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Tolland’s snow record

36.8inches of snow a winter

3.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

4.9 ina big snow morning in Tolland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

1.2Nov

6.7Dec

11.8Jan

11.3Feb

4.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.9 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 64.3 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.8 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 Tolland

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Vernon School DistrictVernon	24.8 in	1.7
Ellington School DistrictEllington	38.9 in	1.9
Coventry School DistrictCoventry	32.2 in	2.3
Stafford School DistrictStafford Springs	50.9 in	2.6
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 Tolland follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Tolland High School

Middle

Tolland Middle School

Elementary

Birch Grove Primary School
Tolland Intermediate School

Questions

Tolland snow day questions

How much snow does Tolland get?

What was the biggest snow day near Tolland?

Does Tolland get more snow days than other Connecticut districts?

How does the Tolland 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.