Monadnock Regional School District Snow Day Predictor

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

5 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “Snow days 1-5 are built in”.

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

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

Q: How much snow does Swanzey get?

About 55.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.3 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 Monadnock?

14.5 inches on March 15, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 75.9 inches.

Q: How does the Monadnock snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Swanzey 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 Monadnock’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Monadnock close tomorrow?

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

The Monadnock playbook

How Monadnock calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, social media, radio, local TV and the district website.

“School closings and delays will be posted on the District's Facebook pages.”

Weather Related Emergency Closings

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Snow days 1-5 are built in”.

“Snow days 1-5 are built in”

Source

Making up a lost day

June 11, 14 and 15, 2027 are snow day make-up days, used only if necessary.

“6/11-6/15 Snow day Make-up if needed”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 26, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
Last day June 10, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Monadnock’s snow record

55.1inches of snow a winter

6.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in Monadnock: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

8.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

2.2Nov

12.2Dec

14.5Jan

13.4Feb

10.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.5 in on March 15, 2017
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 75.9 in
6 in mornings 1.9 a winter
1 in mornings 10.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5 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 Monadnock

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Keene School DistrictKeene	55.1 in	3
Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School DistrictJaffrey	73.5 in	3.9
Contoocook Valley School DistrictPeterborough	73.5 in	3.9
Fall Mountain Regional School DistrictLangdon	82.1 in	5.8	All made up
Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School DistrictHillsborough	67 in	3.9
Milford School DistrictMilford	51.8 in	3.3	5

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Monadnock Regional High School, E. Swanzey

Middle

Monadnock Regional Middle School, E. Swanzey

Elementary

Cutler Elementary School, W. Swanzey
Mt. Caesar Elementary School, E. Swanzey
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School, Fitzwilliam
Troy Elementary School, Troy
Gilsum STEAM Academy, Gilsum

Questions

Monadnock snow day questions

How does Monadnock announce a snow day?

How many snow days does Monadnock have built in?

When is the last day of school for Monadnock?

How much snow does Swanzey get?

What was the biggest snow day near Monadnock?

How does the Monadnock 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.