Litchfield, New Hampshire, 1,177 students in 3 schools

Litchfield School District Snow Day Predictor

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

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

Q: How much snow does Litchfield get?

About 47.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.7 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 Litchfield?

18.3 inches on March 14, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 82.4 inches.

Q: How does the Litchfield snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Litchfield 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 Litchfield’s own big snow morning: 7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Litchfield, measured against Litchfield's own big snow morning of 7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Litchfield close tomorrow?

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

The Litchfield playbook

How Litchfield calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 31, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
Last day June 16, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Litchfield’s snow record

47.3inches of snow a winter

5.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3with 4 in or more

7 ina big snow morning in Litchfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1Nov

9.1Dec

13.5Jan

13.4Feb

8.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 18.3 in on March 14, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 82.4 in
6 in mornings 1.6 a winter
1 in mornings 8.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.7 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 Litchfield

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Merrimack School DistrictMerrimack	47.3 in	3
Hudson School DistrictHudson	55.4 in	2.5	3
Nashua School DistrictNashua	49.9 in	2.5
Londonderry School DistrictLondonderry	51.3 in	2.8	5
Windham School DistrictWindham	55.4 in	2.5
Pinkerton Academy School DistrictDerry	74.3 in	3.9

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Campbell High School

Middle

Litchfield Middle School

Elementary

Griffin Memorial School

Questions

Litchfield snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Litchfield?

How much snow does Litchfield get?

What was the biggest snow day near Litchfield?

How does the Litchfield 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.