North Kingstown School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does North Kingstown call a snow day?

North Kingstown announces closings the night before a school day, whenever possible, by its own published protocol.

Q: When is the last day of school for North Kingstown?

June 16, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does North Kingstown get?

About 21.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.8 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near North Kingstown?

11 inches on January 5, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.8 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 38 inches.

Q: How does the North Kingstown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for North Kingstown 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 North Kingstown’s own big snow morning: 5.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.8 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will North Kingstown close tomorrow?

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

The North Kingstown playbook

How North Kingstown calls a snow day

When the call comes

The night before a school day, whenever possible.

“Decision to cancel or delay the start will be made the night before a school day and communicated by 7:00 p.m.;”

Source

How families hear

By phone call, email, text message, the district website, social media and local TV.

“In the event of a school closure, delay or early dismissal, messages will go out to all listed parent/guardian phone numbers and email addresses through the student management system as soon as the decision is made.”

Making up a lost day

Make-up days fall June 17 to 24, 2027.

Make up dates: Jun 17, Jun 18, Jun 22, Jun 23, Jun 24.

“Make-Up Days – June 17-24”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 31, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 16, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. A snow day on January 26, 2026, marked on the revised 2025-26 calendar.
“1/26 Snow Day”
District notice
2024 to 2025. School cancelled on February 6, 2025 for an incoming storm.
“Due to the incoming storm and the chance of icy conditions midday, school will be cancelled today, February 6, 2025.”
District notice

The board policy

“Weather or emergency decisions that could affect in-person learning or result in school cancellation, delayed start or early dismissal will be finalized by the Superintendent of Schools or designee.”

Board policy

Read from North Kingstown’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is nksd.net.

Ten winters of school mornings

North Kingstown’s snow record

21.7inches of snow a winter

2.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

5.9 ina big snow morning in North Kingstown: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 53% of the 36 Rhode Island districts with a station record.

0.5Nov

4Dec

7.2Jan

7.2Feb

2.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on January 5, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 38 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.8 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 Rhode Island rule

How Rhode Island counts a lost day

Rhode Island requires 180 days, or the equivalent of at least 1,080 school hours under a commissioner approved calendar.

The Rhode Island rules in the agency’s own words, and every Rhode Island district

Next door

Districts near North Kingstown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Warwick School DistrictWarwick	32.8 in	1.1	4
West Warwick School DistrictWest Warwick	34.3 in	1.7	4
Coventry School DistrictCoventry	33.6 in	2
Barrington School DistrictBarrington	32.8 in	1.1
Cranston School DistrictCranston	32.8 in	1.1
Providence School DistrictProvidence	32.8 in	1.1

The schools

8 schools

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

High

North Kingstown Sr. High

Middle

Davisville Middle School
Wickford Middle School

Elementary

Hamilton School
Stony Lane El. School
Fishing Cove El. School
Forest Park El. School
Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset

Questions

North Kingstown snow day questions

When does North Kingstown call a snow day?

How does North Kingstown announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for North Kingstown?

How much snow does North Kingstown get?

What was the biggest snow day near North Kingstown?

How does the North Kingstown snow day predictor work?

How does Rhode Island handle snow days?

More winter

More for Rhode Island 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.Rhode Island winter forecastThe season ahead for Rhode Island: 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.