Westport School District Snow Day Predictor, CT

Q: How many snow days does Westport have built in?

5 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “snow days”.

Q: How long is a delayed start in Westport?

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

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

June 11, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Westport get?

About 29 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.7 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Westport?

11.9 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.7 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 50.9 inches.

Q: How does the Westport snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Westport 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 Westport’s own big snow morning: 5.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.7 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Westport close tomorrow?

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

The Westport playbook

How Westport calls a snow day

How families hear

“For inclement weather information, call 203-341-1SNO to listen to the pre-recorded message.”

Start Times, Closings & Delays

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“This means that the District can delay 1, 2, or 3 hours. Based on our experience, we anticipate that the majority of the time the 2 hour time frame will serve our needs”

Delay schedule

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “snow days”.

“There are 5 snow days built into the calendar. If there are no snow days students’ last day will be June 11.”

Source

Making up a lost day

6th day: the March 19 PD day becomes a student day; 7 or 8: calendar reduced to 180 days; 9 or more: April vacation from April 12.

“For a 6th snow day, the March professional development day will become a student day, and the PD will move to the end of the school year. For 7 or 8 snow days, the student calendar will be reduced to 180 days.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 25, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 3
February break Feb 12 to Feb 19
Last day June 11, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Westport’s snow record

29inches of snow a winter

2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.8with 4 in or more

5.6 ina big snow morning in Westport: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 61% of the 166 Connecticut districts with a station record.

0.7Nov

4.6Dec

7.4Jan

10.3Feb

5.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.9 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 50.9 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.7 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 Westport

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Norwalk School DistrictNorwalk	29 in	1.8
Weston School DistrictWeston	31.8 in	1.4
Wilton School DistrictWilton	31.8 in	1.4
New Canaan School DistrictNew Canaan	31.8 in	1.4
Fairfield School DistrictFairfield	28.7 in	1.4
Darien School DistrictDarien	29 in	1.8	2

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Staples High School

Middle

Bedford Middle School
Coleytown Middle School

Elementary

Long Lots School
Coleytown Elementary School
King's Highway Elementary School
Green's Farms School
Saugatuck Elementary School

Questions

Westport snow day questions

How many snow days does Westport have built in?

How long is a delayed start in Westport?

When is the last day of school for Westport?

How much snow does Westport get?

What was the biggest snow day near Westport?

How does the Westport 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.