Raymond, New Hampshire, 1,142 students in 4 schools

Raymond School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Raymond get?

About 52.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Raymond?

20 inches on March 14, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 87.3 inches.

Q: How does the Raymond snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Raymond 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 Raymond’s own big snow morning: 5.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away.

Q: Can New Hampshire schools hold a remote day instead?

Remote learning counts toward the required instructional time when bad weather makes it unsafe to transport students, with no cap stated in the rule.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Raymond, measured against Raymond's own big snow morning of 5.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Raymond close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Raymond’s snow record

52.6inches of snow a winter

6.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.3with 4 in or more

5.3 ina big snow morning in Raymond: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.7school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.3Nov

9.5Dec

14.1Jan

15.2Feb

10.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 20 in on March 14, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 87.3 in
6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
1 in mornings 9.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.9 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 Raymond

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Sanborn Regional School DistrictKingston	52.6 in	3.3
Hooksett School DistrictHooksett	50.3 in	3.6
Exeter Regional Cooperative School DistrictExeter	48 in	2.8
Pinkerton Academy School DistrictDerry	74.3 in	3.9
Derry School DistrictDerry	74.3 in	3.9
Timberlane Regional School DistrictPlaistow	43.4 in	1.7

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Raymond High School

Middle

Iber Holmes Gove Middle School

Elementary

Lamprey River Elementary School

Other schools

Raymond School District Preschool Program

Questions

Raymond snow day questions

How much snow does Raymond get?

What was the biggest snow day near Raymond?

How does the Raymond snow day predictor work?

How does New Hampshire handle snow days?

Can New Hampshire schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for New Hampshire snow days

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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.