Goffstown School District Snow Day Predictor

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

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

Q: How much snow does Goffstown get?

About 71.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.3 miles 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 Goffstown?

16.6 inches on March 15, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 108.4 inches.

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

Goffstown averages 3.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 66 percent of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Goffstown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Goffstown 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 Goffstown’s own big snow morning: 6.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.3 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Goffstown close tomorrow?

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

The Goffstown playbook

How Goffstown calls a snow day

How families hear

By text message.

“Our schools utilize the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages, straight to your mobile phone with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more.”

Making up a lost day

The last day, about June 16, 2027, moves later with emergency cancellations and snow days.

“School will close for students at the end of 180 days of classes which as of the beginning of the school year, will be approximately June 16, 2027 subject to emergency cancellations and snow days.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 31, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
Last day June 16, 2027

District calendar

Read from Goffstown’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sau19.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Goffstown’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 Goffstown: 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 9.3 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 Goffstown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Manchester School DistrictManchester	50.3 in	3.6
Bedford School DistrictBedford	51.3 in	2.8	5
Hooksett School DistrictHooksett	50.3 in	3.6
Bow School DistrictBow	71.6 in	3.8
Amherst School DistrictAmherst	51.8 in	3.3
Londonderry School DistrictLondonderry	51.3 in	2.8	5

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Goffstown High School

Middle

Mountain View Middle School

Elementary

Maple Avenue School
Bartlett Elementary School, Manchester

Other schools

Glen Lake School

Questions

Goffstown snow day questions

How does Goffstown announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Goffstown?

How much snow does Goffstown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Goffstown?

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

How does the Goffstown snow day predictor work?

How does New Hampshire handle snow days?

More winter

More for New Hampshire snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.New Hampshire winter forecastThe season ahead for New Hampshire: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.