Hudson School District Snow Day Predictor, NH

Q: How many snow days does Hudson have built in?

3 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “snow days”.

Q: Does Hudson switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Hudson has remote learning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

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

June 17, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Hudson get?

About 55.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Hudson?

24.3 inches on March 14, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 97.7 inches.

Q: How does the Hudson snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hudson 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 Hudson’s own big snow morning: 4.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Hudson close tomorrow?

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

The Hudson playbook

How Hudson calls a snow day

3 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “snow days”.

“NOTE: Last day includes 3 snow days”

Source

Remote learning days

Hudson has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“the superintendent/designee may approve school or districtwide instruction by way of remote instruction or other form of “distance education.””

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 24, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
Last day June 17, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

“The superintendent/designee may delay the opening of schools upon determining that weather conditions appear extremely hazardous to operate school buses at the regular early morning hours, but that travel conditions will appreciably improve later in the morning.”

Board policy

Read from Hudson’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sau81.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Hudson’s snow record

55.4inches of snow a winter

6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.5with 4 in or more

4.8 ina big snow morning in Hudson: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.4Nov

10.4Dec

15.4Jan

14.9Feb

11.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 24.3 in on March 14, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 97.7 in
6 in mornings 1.6 a winter
1 in mornings 8.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.7 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 Hudson

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Nashua School DistrictNashua	49.9 in	2.5
Litchfield School DistrictLitchfield	47.3 in	3
Pelham School DistrictPelham	55.4 in	2.5
Windham School DistrictWindham	55.4 in	2.5
Merrimack School DistrictMerrimack	47.3 in	3
Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School DistrictHollis	51.8 in	3.3

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Alvirne High School

Middle

Hudson Memorial School

Elementary

Nottingham West Elementary School
Dr. H. O. Smith Elementary School
Hills Garrison Elementary School
Library Street School

Other schools

Nottingham West Elementary Pre School

Questions

Hudson snow day questions

How many snow days does Hudson have built in?

Does Hudson switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Hudson?

How much snow does Hudson get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hudson?

How does the Hudson 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.