Woonsocket School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Woonsocket announce a snow day?

By radio and local TV, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: How many snow days does Woonsocket have built in?

5 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “inclement weather make-up days (if needed)”.

Q: When is the last day of school for Woonsocket?

June 10, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Woonsocket get?

About 33.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Woonsocket?

17 inches on February 24, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 71.9 inches.

Q: How does the Woonsocket snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Woonsocket 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 Woonsocket’s own big snow morning: 9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Woonsocket close tomorrow?

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

The Woonsocket playbook

How Woonsocket calls a snow day

How families hear

By radio and local TV.

“Please tune-in to your local radio station or television channel to view storm-related school announcements. You may also check the links, below, for this information.”

Cancellations or Delays

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “inclement weather make-up days (if needed)”.

“Jun. 11-17 Inclement weather make-up days (if needed)”

Source

Making up a lost day

Added after the June 10 last day, on make-up days June 11 to 17 if needed.

Make up dates: Jun 11, Jun 14, Jun 15, Jun 16, Jun 17.

“Jun. 11-17 Inclement weather make-up days (if needed)”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 25, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 10, 2027

District calendar

Read from Woonsocket’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is woonsocketschools.com.

Ten winters of school mornings

Woonsocket’s snow record

33.9inches of snow a winter

4.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.8with 4 in or more

9 ina big snow morning in Woonsocket: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 67% of the 36 Rhode Island districts with a station record.

0.6Nov

5.4Dec

8.7Jan

12.6Feb

5.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17 in on February 24, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 71.9 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 5.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.1 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 Woonsocket

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Cumberland School DistrictCumberland	33.9 in	1.8	5
Lincoln School DistrictLincoln	33.9 in	1.8
North Providence School DistrictNorth Providence	45.3 in	2.3
Pawtucket School DistrictPawtucket	45.3 in	2.3
Johnston School DistrictJohnston	45.3 in	2.3
Providence School DistrictProvidence	32.8 in	1.1

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Woonsocket High School
Woonsocket Career an Tech Ctr.

Middle

Woonsocket Middle at Hamlet
Woonsocket Middle @ Villa Nova

Elementary

Pothier-Citizens Elem Campus
Globe Park School
Bernon Heights School
Harris School
Leo A. Savoie School
Kevin K. Coleman School

Questions

Woonsocket snow day questions

How does Woonsocket announce a snow day?

How many snow days does Woonsocket have built in?

When is the last day of school for Woonsocket?

How much snow does Woonsocket get?

What was the biggest snow day near Woonsocket?

How does the Woonsocket snow day predictor work?

How does Rhode Island handle snow days?

More winter

More for Rhode Island 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.