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Derry, New Hampshire, 3,093 students in 8 schools

Derry School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Derry, measured against Derry's own big snow morning of 7.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Derry close tomorrow?

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

How Derry calls a snow day

When the call comes

Typically by 5:30 a.m. the morning of the decision.

“An announcement for either a delay or closure is typically made by 5:30 am the morning of the decision.”
Source

How families hear

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

“The District utilizes a rapid notification service, allowing a telephone call/voice message, text, and email to be sent to parents/guardians as the primary means of immediate communication.”
Closure Procedures | Families

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“**The District observes a two-hour delay.”
Delay schedule

Remote learning days

Derry has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“A review of our procedures for delayed openings, early dismissals and school closures (traditional snow day or emergency remote learning day) that may result from either actual or anticipated inclement weather is outlined below.”
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 Derry’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sau10.nh.gov.

Ten winters of school mornings

Derry’s snow record

74.3inches of snow a winter
6.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
3.9with 4 in or more
7.2 ina big snow morning in Derry: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 69% of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

2.1Nov
15.2Dec
17Jan
19.5Feb
16Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 28.4 in on March 14, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 126.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 2.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 10.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.9 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 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 Derry

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Pinkerton Academy School DistrictDerry74.3 in3.9
Londonderry School DistrictLondonderry51.3 in2.85
Windham School DistrictWindham55.4 in2.5
Litchfield School DistrictLitchfield47.3 in3
Salem School DistrictSalem37.5 in1.9
Merrimack School DistrictMerrimack47.3 in3
The schools

8 schools

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

Middle

  • Gilbert H. Hood Middle School
  • West Running Brook Middle School

Elementary

  • Ernest P. Barka Elementary School
  • Derry Village School
  • East Derry Memorial Elementary School
  • South Range Elementary School
  • Grinnell School

Other schools

  • Derry Early Education Program
Questions

Derry snow day questions

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