Waterford, Connecticut, 2,341 students in 5 schools

Waterford School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Waterford get?

About 27.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Waterford?

17 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 55.8 inches.

Q: How does the Waterford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Waterford 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 Waterford’s own big snow morning: 5.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away.

Q: Can Connecticut schools hold a remote day instead?

A remote learning day counts as an actual school session if it meets the Commissioner's remote learning standards; the statute sets no cap.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Waterford, measured against Waterford's own big snow morning of 5.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Waterford close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Waterford’s snow record

27.3inches of snow a winter

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

1.5with 4 in or more

5.4 ina big snow morning in Waterford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.6Nov

4.3Dec

7.9Jan

10.2Feb

3.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 55.8 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 4.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.5 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 Waterford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
New London School DistrictNew London	27.3 in	1.5
East Lyme School DistrictEast Lyme	23.2 in	1
Groton School DistrictMystic	17 in	0.7
Montville School DistrictOakdale	24.4 in	1.3
Ledyard School DistrictLedyard	17 in	0.7
Regional School District 18Old Lyme	23.2 in	1

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Waterford High School

Middle

Clark Lane Middle School

Elementary

Quaker Hill Elementary School, Quaker Hill
Great Neck Elementary School
Oswegatchie Elementary School

Questions

Waterford snow day questions

How much snow does Waterford get?

What was the biggest snow day near Waterford?

How does the Waterford snow day predictor work?

How does Connecticut handle snow days?

Can Connecticut schools hold a remote day instead?

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.