Torrington School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Torrington announce a snow day?

By phone call, radio and local TV, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: How long is a delayed start in Torrington?

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

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

June 8, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Torrington get?

About 49.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Torrington?

13.7 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 78.6 inches.

Q: How does the Torrington snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Torrington 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 Torrington’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Torrington close tomorrow?

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

The Torrington playbook

How Torrington calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, radio and local TV.

“When the weather appears threatening, you may also tune in to WTIC (1080 AM or 96.5 FM), local radio station WZBG (97.3 FM), TV stations WFSB channel 3, WVIT channel 30, WTNH channel 8 and Cable 5, for delayed opening information.”

2026-2027 Torrington Public Schools Elementary Schools Family Handbook

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Depending on weather conditions or other unforeseen circumstances, there will be a two-hour delayed opening or three-hour delay opening. No breakfast is served on delayed opening days.”

Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

Last day moves from June 8 to June 15 with 5 cancellations, adjusted for more or fewer.

Make up dates: Jun 9, Jun 10, Jun 11, Jun 14, Jun 15.

“Students: 181 days. Teachers: 186 days. If more than or less than 5 school cancellations occur, the last day of school will be adjusted accordingly.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 27, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 16
Last day June 8, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Torrington’s snow record

49.1inches of snow a winter

5.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3with 4 in or more

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

3.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 94% of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

1.7Nov

9.7Dec

12.6Jan

13.5Feb

8.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13.7 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 78.6 in
6 in mornings 1.2 a winter
1 in mornings 8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.7 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 Torrington

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Regional School District 10Burlington	37.6 in	2.4
Plymouth School DistrictTerryville	28.4 in	2.2
Canton School DistrictCollinsville	37.6 in	2.4
Bristol School DistrictBristol	28.4 in	2.2
Watertown School DistrictWatertown	28.4 in	2.2
Farmington School DistrictFarmington	37.6 in	2.4

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Torrington High School

Middle

Torrington Middle School

Elementary

Torringford School
Vogel-Wetmore School
Southwest School
Forbes School

Questions

Torrington snow day questions

How does Torrington announce a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Torrington?

When is the last day of school for Torrington?

How much snow does Torrington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Torrington?

How does the Torrington snow day predictor work?

How does Connecticut handle snow days?

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.