Wallingford School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Wallingford call a snow day?

Wallingford announces closings in most instances, made and broadcast by 6:00 a.m, by its own published protocol.

Q: How does Wallingford announce a snow day?

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

Q: How long is a delayed start in Wallingford?

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

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

June 9, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Wallingford get?

About 27.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: How does the Wallingford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Wallingford 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 Wallingford’s own big snow morning: 9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Wallingford close tomorrow?

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

The Wallingford playbook

How Wallingford calls a snow day

When the call comes

In most instances, made and broadcast by 6:00 a.m.

“Every effort is made to cancel school as early as possible on days of severe inclement weather. In most instances, the decision is made and broadcast by 6:00 a.m.”

Source

How families hear

By the district website and local TV.

“In addition to the posting on the web pages, the cancellation announcements will also be aired by the following television stations: WTNH - TV Channel 8, WFSB - TV Channel 3, WVIT - TV Channel 30, WTIC – TV Channel 61”

School Hours, Delays, and Closings

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“2 Hour Delayed Opening - 10:00 A.M. - 2:25 P.M. 3 Hour Delayed Opening - 11:00 A.M. - 2:25 P.M.”

Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

First 7 lost days made up at the end of the year, then April 12 to 16.

“The first 7 days lost to school closings will be made up at the end of school year. Any days beyond 7 will be made up starting 4/12 through 4/16.”

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 9, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Wallingford’s snow record

27.7inches of snow a winter

2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

9 ina big snow morning in Wallingford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.6Nov

5.1Dec

8.3Jan

9.9Feb

3.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 52.5 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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 Wallingford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
North Haven School DistrictNorth Haven	27.7 in	1.3
North Branford School DistrictNorthford	27.7 in	1.3
Cheshire School DistrictCheshire	27.7 in	1.3
Meriden School DistrictMeriden	27.7 in	1.3	1
Regional School District 16Prospect	26.5 in	1.7
Hamden School DistrictHamden	27.7 in	1.3

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Lyman Hall High School
Mark T. Sheehan High School

Middle

Dag Hammarskjold Middle School
James H. Moran Middle School

Elementary

Cook Hill School
Moses Y. Beach School
Evarts C. Stevens School
Highland School
Rock Hill School
Pond Hill School
Mary G. Fritz Elementary School of Yalesville, Yalesville
Parker Farms School

Questions

Wallingford snow day questions

When does Wallingford call a snow day?

How does Wallingford announce a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Wallingford?

When is the last day of school for Wallingford?

How much snow does Wallingford get?

How does the Wallingford 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.