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Tilton, New Hampshire, 1,233 students in 5 schools

Winnisquam Regional School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Winnisquam, measured against Winnisquam's own big snow morning of 6.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Winnisquam close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Tilton.
The Winnisquam playbook

How Winnisquam calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 6:00 am, when possible.

“The decision will be made by 6:00 am by the Superintendent, when possible.”
Source

How families hear

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

“This service allows us to send a voice and/or email message to all of our students’ parents/guardians on all of their contact numbers within minutes if an emergency occurs at a school.”
Winnisquam Regional High School 2026-2027 Comprehensive Guide (School Cancellations)

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Bus transportation will start two hours later than usual, and students who walk to school should start for school two hours later than usual. Schools will close at the usual time.”
Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

Completed in June.

“Note: Additional school days may be needed due to inclement weather and will be completed in June”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 31, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
  • Last day June 17, 2027
District calendar

Read from Winnisquam’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is wrsdsau59.org/en-US.

Ten winters of school mornings

Winnisquam’s snow record

84.9inches of snow a winter
9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
5.1with 4 in or more
6.9 ina big snow morning in Winnisquam: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 97% of the 176 New Hampshire districts with a station record.

4.4Nov
18.9Dec
21.4Jan
20.4Feb
16.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 21.2 in on March 15, 2017
  • Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 123.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 3.2 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 12.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.3 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.

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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 Winnisquam

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Shaker Regional School DistrictBelmont75 in3.7
Laconia School DistrictLaconia71.5 in4
Merrimack Valley School DistrictPenacook54.8 in3.6
Gilford School DistrictGilford71.5 in4
Newfound Area School DistrictBristol77.4 in4
Concord School DistrictConcord59.4 in3.1
The schools

5 schools

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

High

  • Winnisquam Regional High School

Middle

  • Winnisquam Regional Middle School

Elementary

  • Southwick School, Northfield
  • Sanbornton Central School, Sanbornton

Other schools

  • Winnisquam Early Learning Center
Questions

Winnisquam snow day questions

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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.