Bedford School District Snow Day Predictor, NH

Q: When does Bedford call a snow day?

Bedford announces closings ParentSquare message sent at about 5:30 a.m, by its own published protocol.

Q: How does Bedford announce a snow day?

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

Q: How many snow days does Bedford 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 Bedford?

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

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

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

Q: How does the Bedford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bedford 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 Bedford’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Bedford close tomorrow?

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

The Bedford playbook

How Bedford calls a snow day

When the call comes

ParentSquare message sent at about 5:30 a.m.

“This system will send a message to parents/guardians at approximately 5:30 a.m.”

Source

How families hear

By local TV, the district website and social media.

“In addition, the following television stations will be contacted and also displayed on the district’s website:”

SAU #25 - School Closure Information

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If it is necessary to call a 2-hour delay in the start of school, buses will make their normal pickups 2 hours later than the usual time”

Delay schedule

5 built in snow days

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

“First 5 snow days will not need to be made up by students.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 25, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
Last day June 11, 2027

District calendar

Read from Bedford’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sites.google.com/bedfordnhk12.net/sau-25-bedford-school-district/home.

Ten winters of school mornings

Bedford’s snow record

51.3inches of snow a winter

5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.8with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Bedford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.5Nov

9.3Dec

14.6Jan

15.1Feb

8.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16.6 in on March 13, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 78.5 in
6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
1 in mornings 8.1 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 New Hampshire rule

How New Hampshire counts a lost day

New Hampshire requires 180 days or the required hours: 450 in kindergarten, 945 in grades 1 to 6 and 990 in grades 7 to 12. Lost time must be rescheduled with added hours before a district can ask for a waiver of the hours requirement.

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

Next door

Districts near Bedford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Manchester School DistrictManchester	50.3 in	3.6
Londonderry School DistrictLondonderry	51.3 in	2.8	5
Merrimack School DistrictMerrimack	47.3 in	3
Goffstown School DistrictGoffstown	71.6 in	3.8
Litchfield School DistrictLitchfield	47.3 in	3
Amherst School DistrictAmherst	51.8 in	3.3

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Bedford High School

Middle

Ross A. Lurgio Middle School
McKelvie Intermediate School

Elementary

Riddle Brook School
Memorial School
Peter Woodbury School

Questions

Bedford snow day questions

When does Bedford call a snow day?

How does Bedford announce a snow day?

How many snow days does Bedford have built in?

How long is a delayed start in Bedford?

When is the last day of school for Bedford?

How does the Bedford snow day predictor work?

How does New Hampshire handle snow days?

More winter

More for New Hampshire 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.