Watertown, Connecticut, 2,578 students in 5 schools

Watertown School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Watertown get?

About 28.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Watertown?

14 inches on January 27, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 43.2 inches.

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

Watertown averages 2.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 78 percent of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Watertown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Watertown 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 Watertown’s own big snow morning: 8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Watertown, measured against Watertown's own big snow morning of 8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Watertown close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Watertown’s snow record

28.4inches of snow a winter

4.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.2with 4 in or more

8 ina big snow morning in Watertown: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 78% of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

1.3Nov

5.4Dec

7.9Jan

8.9Feb

4.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on January 27, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 43.2 in
6 in mornings 1.7 a winter
1 in mornings 6.6 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 Watertown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Regional School District 14Woodbury	26.5 in	1.7
Waterbury School DistrictWaterbury	26.5 in	1.7
Regional School District 15Middlebury	26.5 in	1.7
Plymouth School DistrictTerryville	28.4 in	2.2
Wolcott School DistrictWolcott	28.4 in	2.2
Naugatuck School DistrictNaugatuck	26.5 in	1.7

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Watertown High School

Middle

Swift Middle School, Oakville

Elementary

John Trumbull Primary School, Oakville
Polk School, Oakville
Fletcher W. Judson School

Questions

Watertown snow day questions

How much snow does Watertown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Watertown?

Does Watertown get more snow days than other Connecticut districts?

How does the Watertown 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.