Kearsarge Regional School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Kearsarge announce a snow day?

By local TV, the district website and social media, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: How long is a delayed start in Kearsarge?

2 hours: on a delay morning every school starts that much later.

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

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

Q: How much snow does New London get?

About 66.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.9 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Kearsarge?

15.2 inches on December 17, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.9 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 84.4 inches.

Q: How does the Kearsarge snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New London 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 Kearsarge’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.9 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Kearsarge close tomorrow?

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

The Kearsarge playbook

How Kearsarge calls a snow day

How families hear

By local TV, the district website and social media.

“Announcements are given on the following stations: WMUR TV - Channel 9 WMUR Website Facebook - Kearsarge Regional School District”

School Cancellation | Kearsarge Regional School District

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If school is delayed for two hours, the buses will start two hours later than usual.”

Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

Make up days follow the projected June 17 last day: June 18, 21 to 25 and 28 to 30, 2027.

Make up dates: Jun 18, Jun 21, Jun 22, Jun 23, Jun 24, Jun 25, Jun 28, Jun 29, Jun 30.

“# = Last Projected Day: June 17, 2027 - Early Release (3 hrs. earlier) ... MU = Make Up Day”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 1, 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

“A delayed opening means that the opening hour will be postponed two hours from the regular hour.”

Board policy

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Kearsarge’s snow record

66.7inches of snow a winter

7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3with 4 in or more

4.7 ina big snow morning in Kearsarge: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.5Nov

15.2Dec

18.8Jan

14.5Feb

12.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15.2 in on December 17, 2020
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 84.4 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 11.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.9 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 Kearsarge

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Mascoma Valley Regional School DistrictEnfield	56.7 in	2.8
Newfound Area School DistrictBristol	77.4 in	4
Claremont School DistrictClaremont	82.1 in	5.8
Winnisquam Regional School DistrictTilton	84.9 in	5.1
Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School DistrictHillsborough	67 in	3.9
Merrimack Valley School DistrictPenacook	54.8 in	3.6

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Kearsarge Regional High School, North Sutton

Middle

Kearsarge Regional Middle School, North Sutton

Elementary

Kearsarge Reg. Elem. School at New London
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford, Bradford
Simonds Elementary School, Warner
Sutton Central Elementary School, Sutton Mills

Other schools

Kearsarge Regional Preschool Bradford, Bradford
Kearsarge Regional Preschool New London

Questions

Kearsarge snow day questions

How does Kearsarge announce a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Kearsarge?

When is the last day of school for Kearsarge?

How much snow does New London get?

What was the biggest snow day near Kearsarge?

How does the Kearsarge 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.