Gilford, New Hampshire, 1,094 students in 3 schools

Gilford School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Gilford get?

About 71.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Gilford?

34 inches on December 17, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 103.6 inches.

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

Gilford averages 4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 73 percent of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Gilford snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Gilford 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 Gilford’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Gilford, measured against Gilford's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Gilford close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Gilford’s snow record

71.5inches of snow a winter

8.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in Gilford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

4.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 73% of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

2.6Nov

17.3Dec

17.9Jan

17.6Feb

13.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 34 in on December 17, 2020
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 103.6 in
6 in mornings 2.3 a winter
1 in mornings 14.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.9 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.

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 Gilford

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Laconia School DistrictLaconia	71.5 in	4
Shaker Regional School DistrictBelmont	75 in	3.7
Governor Wentworth Regional School DistrictWolfeboro Falls	71.5 in	4
Winnisquam Regional School DistrictTilton	84.9 in	5.1
Newfound Area School DistrictBristol	77.4 in	4
Merrimack Valley School DistrictPenacook	54.8 in	3.6

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Gilford High School

Middle

Gilford Middle School

Elementary

Gilford Elementary School

Questions

Gilford snow day questions

How much snow does Gilford get?

What was the biggest snow day near Gilford?

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

How does the Gilford 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.