Hampton, New Hampshire, 1,061 students in 1 school

Winnacunnet Cooperative School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hampton get?

About 48 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Winnacunnet Cooperative?

16 inches on March 14, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 85.1 inches.

Q: How does the Winnacunnet Cooperative snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hampton 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 Winnacunnet Cooperative’s own big snow morning: 6.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.9 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 Winnacunnet Cooperative, measured against Winnacunnet Cooperative's own big snow morning of 6.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Winnacunnet Cooperative close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Winnacunnet Cooperative’s snow record

48inches of snow a winter

5.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.8with 4 in or more

6.8 ina big snow morning in Winnacunnet Cooperative: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.5Nov

8.7Dec

12.8Jan

16.4Feb

8.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16 in on March 14, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 85.1 in
6 in mornings 1.7 a winter
1 in mornings 8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.9 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 Winnacunnet Cooperative

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Exeter Regional Cooperative School DistrictExeter	48 in	2.8
Portsmouth School DistrictPortsmouth	43.5 in	2.1
Sanborn Regional School DistrictKingston	52.6 in	3.3
Oyster River Cooperative School DistrictDurham	48.4 in	3.1	5
Timberlane Regional School DistrictPlaistow	43.4 in	1.7
Dover School DistrictDover	48.4 in	3.1

The schools

1 school

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

High

Winnacunnet High School

Questions

Winnacunnet Cooperative snow day questions

How much snow does Hampton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Winnacunnet Cooperative?

How does the Winnacunnet Cooperative 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

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.