West Lebanon, New Hampshire, 1,633 students in 4 schools

Lebanon School District Snow Day Predictor

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

June 10, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does West Lebanon get?

About 58.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Lebanon?

20 inches on March 24, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 89.1 inches.

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

Lebanon averages 3.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 55 percent of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Lebanon snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for West Lebanon 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 Lebanon’s own big snow morning: 5.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Lebanon, measured against Lebanon's own big snow morning of 5.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Lebanon close tomorrow?

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

The Lebanon playbook

How Lebanon calls a snow day

Making up a lost day

June 15, 16, 17 and 21, 2027 are marked R, reserved for snow day staff development, after the June 10 last day.

“R Reserved for snow day staff development”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 26, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
Last day June 10, 2027

District calendar

Read from Lebanon’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sau88.net.

Ten winters of school mornings

Lebanon’s snow record

58.5inches of snow a winter

8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.5with 4 in or more

5.5 ina big snow morning in Lebanon: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

11.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 55% of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

2.3Nov

13.9Dec

12.8Jan

14.9Feb

12.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 20 in on March 24, 2024
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 89.1 in
6 in mornings 1.9 a winter
1 in mornings 11.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.9 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 Lebanon

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Dresden School DistrictHanover	56.7 in	2.8
Mascoma Valley Regional School DistrictEnfield	56.7 in	2.8
Claremont School DistrictClaremont	82.1 in	5.8
Kearsarge Regional School DistrictNew London	66.7 in	3
Newfound Area School DistrictBristol	77.4 in	4
Fall Mountain Regional School DistrictLangdon	82.1 in	5.8	All made up

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Lebanon High School, Lebanon

Middle

Lebanon Middle School, Lebanon

Elementary

Hanover Street School, Lebanon
Mt. Lebanon School, W. Lebanon

Questions

Lebanon snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Lebanon?

How much snow does West Lebanon get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lebanon?

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

How does the Lebanon 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.