Bow School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Bow call a snow day?

Bow announces closings by 5:30 a.m, by its own published protocol.

Q: How does Bow announce a snow day?

By text message, phone call, email and local TV, and on the district’s own closings page.

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

June 16, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Bow get?

About 71.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Bow?

16.6 inches on March 15, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 108.4 inches.

Q: How does the Bow snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bow 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 Bow’s own big snow morning: 6.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The next three school mornings

Will Bow close tomorrow?

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

The Bow playbook

How Bow calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:30 a.m.

“Decisions about a delayed start or school cancellation need to be made by 5:30.”

Source

How families hear

By text message, phone call, email and local TV.

“You will receive the alert through your selected channel - either text message or phone call. A copy of the alert will also be sent to the first email address of all recipients.”

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 27, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 3
February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
Last day June 16, 2027

District calendar

Read from Bow’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sau67nh.gov.

Ten winters of school mornings

Bow’s snow record

71.6inches of snow a winter

6.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.8with 4 in or more

6.1 ina big snow morning in Bow: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 66% of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

3.1Nov

15.3Dec

18.4Jan

17.4Feb

12.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16.6 in on March 15, 2023
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 108.4 in
6 in mornings 2.4 a winter
1 in mornings 11.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Bow

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Concord School DistrictConcord	59.4 in	3.1
Pembroke School DistrictPembroke	59.4 in	3.1
Merrimack Valley School DistrictPenacook	54.8 in	3.6
Goffstown School DistrictGoffstown	71.6 in	3.8
Hooksett School DistrictHooksett	50.3 in	3.6
Manchester School DistrictManchester	50.3 in	3.6

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Bow High School

Middle

Bow Memorial School

Elementary

Bow Elementary School

Other schools

Bow Preschool

Questions

Bow snow day questions

When does Bow call a snow day?

How does Bow announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Bow?

How much snow does Bow get?

What was the biggest snow day near Bow?

How does the Bow 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.