Bristol, New Hampshire, 1,177 students in 6 schools

Newfound Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Bristol get?

About 77.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Newfound?

16.7 inches on December 18, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 99.8 inches.

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

Newfound averages 4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 73 percent of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Newfound snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bristol 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 Newfound’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Newfound, measured against Newfound's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Newfound close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Newfound’s snow record

77.4inches of snow a winter

8.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Newfound: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 73% of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

4.7Nov

17.9Dec

18Jan

18.5Feb

14Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16.7 in on December 18, 2020
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 99.8 in
6 in mornings 2 a winter
1 in mornings 13.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Newfound

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Winnisquam Regional School DistrictTilton	84.9 in	5.1
Laconia School DistrictLaconia	71.5 in	4
Shaker Regional School DistrictBelmont	75 in	3.7
Gilford School DistrictGilford	71.5 in	4
Kearsarge Regional School DistrictNew London	66.7 in	3
Mascoma Valley Regional School DistrictEnfield	56.7 in	2.8

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Newfound Regional High School

Middle

Newfound Memorial Middle School

Elementary

Bristol Elementary School
Bridgewater-Hebron Village School, Bridgewater
New Hampton Community School, New Hampton
Danbury Elementary School, Danbury

Questions

Newfound snow day questions

How much snow does Bristol get?

What was the biggest snow day near Newfound?

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

How does the Newfound 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.