Berlin, New Hampshire, 1,018 students in 3 schools

Berlin School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Berlin get?

About 83.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Berlin?

19 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 119.2 inches.

Q: Does Berlin get more snow days than other New Hampshire districts?

Berlin averages 4.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 84 percent of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Berlin snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Berlin 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 Berlin’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Berlin, measured against Berlin's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Berlin close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Berlin’s snow record

83.5inches of snow a winter

8.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.1with 4 in or more

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

16.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 84% of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

5.8Nov

15.6Dec

21.6Jan

18.2Feb

16.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 119.2 in
6 in mornings 2.1 a winter
1 in mornings 16 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 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 Berlin

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Conway School DistrictConway	86 in	4.8
Governor Wentworth Regional School DistrictWolfeboro Falls	71.5 in	4
Gilford School DistrictGilford	71.5 in	4
Laconia School DistrictLaconia	71.5 in	4
Newfound Area School DistrictBristol	77.4 in	4
Shaker Regional School DistrictBelmont	75 in	3.7

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Berlin Senior High School

Middle

Berlin Middle School

Elementary

Berlin Elementary School

Questions

Berlin snow day questions

How much snow does Berlin get?

What was the biggest snow day near Berlin?

Does Berlin get more snow days than other New Hampshire districts?

How does the Berlin 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.