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Newtonville, Massachusetts, 11,752 students in 22 schools

Newton School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Newton, measured against Newton's own big snow morning of 5.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Newton close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Newtonville.
The Newton playbook

How Newton calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 6:00 a.m. of the day in question.

“Typically, you will be notified of a school closing or delay by 6:00 a.m. of the day in question.”
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How families hear

By phone call, email, local TV, radio, the district website and social media.

“Notification System (Email, Social Media, Website, TV/Radio)”
Weather Information and School Closings - Newton Public Schools

Delayed openings

“The delayed opening means the school start time will be delayed either one or two hours (whichever is deemed appropriate).”
Delay schedule

5 built in snow days

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

“25 Last day for Students k-12+ (w/5 snow days)**”
Source

Making up a lost day

Added to the end of the year, moving the last day from June 17 up to June 25 with 5 snow days.

“17 Last Day for Students K-12+ (w/no snow days)**”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 2, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
  • Last day June 17, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“The decision to close or delay school is made by the superintendent, in consultation with the Police Department and the Department of Public Works.”
Board policy

Read from Newton’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is newton.k12.ma.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Newton’s snow record

26.2inches of snow a winter
3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.4with 4 in or more
5.8 ina big snow morning in Newton: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0Nov
3.8Dec
8.7Jan
9.9Feb
2.8Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 14 in on March 4, 2019
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 48.2 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.1 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.

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The Massachusetts rule

How Massachusetts counts a lost day

Massachusetts requires a 185 day calendar, at least 180 days actually held, and 900 hours for elementary or 990 hours for secondary students. Every day lost through March 31 is made up with full rescheduled days; after March 31, days are made up until 180 or the scheduled 185th day, whichever comes first.

The Massachusetts rules in the agency’s own words, and every Massachusetts district

Next door

Districts near Newton

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Watertown School DistrictWatertown26.2 in1.4
Waltham School DistrictWaltham26.2 in1.4
Belmont School DistrictBelmont26.2 in1.4
Weston School DistrictWeston26.2 in1.4
Brookline School DistrictBrookline34.3 in1.5
Arlington School DistrictArlington34.4 in1.8
The schools

22 schools

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

High

  • Newton North High
  • Newton South High, Newton Centre

Middle

  • F A Day Middle
  • Charles E Brown Middle, Newton Centre
  • Oak Hill Middle, Newton
  • Bigelow Middle, Newton

Elementary

  • Cabot
  • Zervas, Waban
  • A E Angier, Waban
  • Memorial Spaulding, Newton Centre
  • Countryside, Newton Highlands
  • Horace Mann
  • Bowen, Newton Centre
  • C C Burr, Auburndale
  • Franklin, West Newton
  • Mason-Rice, Newton Centre
  • Lincoln-Eliot, Newton
  • Underwood, Newton
  • Peirce, West Newton
  • Williams, Auburndale
  • John Ward, Newton Centre

Other schools

  • Newton Early Childhood Program, Newton
Questions

Newton snow day questions

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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.