Laconia School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Laconia call a snow day?

Laconia announces closings media notified by 6:00 a.m. for a weather cancellation, by its own published protocol.

Q: How long is a delayed start in Laconia?

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

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

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

Q: How much snow does Laconia get?

About 71.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.4 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 Laconia?

34 inches on December 17, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 103.6 inches.

Q: How does the Laconia snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Laconia 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 Laconia’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.4 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Laconia close tomorrow?

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

The Laconia playbook

How Laconia calls a snow day

When the call comes

Media notified by 6:00 a.m. for a weather cancellation.

“If school is cancelled because of weather conditions, the Superintendent will work to notify respective media by no later than 6:00 a.m.”

Source

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If conditions warrant that school opening is delayed, the school day will be delayed two hours.”

Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

Extra days needed for weather are made up in June.

“Note: Additional school days may be needed due to inclement weather and will be completed in June”

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 17, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

“The Superintendent of Schools has the authority to “call for” a delayed school opening, an early release of the school day or school cancellation as he/she finds appropriate for conditions of inclement weather or emergency situations.”

Board policy

Read from Laconia’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sau30.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Laconia’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 Laconia: 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 1.4 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 Laconia

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

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Laconia High School

Middle

Laconia Middle School

Elementary

Woodland Heights Elementary School
Elm Street School
Pleasant Street School

Questions

Laconia snow day questions

When does Laconia call a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Laconia?

When is the last day of school for Laconia?

How much snow does Laconia get?

What was the biggest snow day near Laconia?

How does the Laconia 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.