Williamstown, Vermont, 1,252 students in 6 schools

Central Vermont Supervisory Union Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Williamstown get?

About 87.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.1 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Central Vermont?

19 inches on December 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.1 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 108.3 inches.

Q: Does Central Vermont get more snow days than other Vermont districts?

Central Vermont averages 3.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 58 percent of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Central Vermont snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Williamstown 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 Central Vermont’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Central Vermont, measured against Central Vermont's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Central Vermont close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Central Vermont’s snow record

87.1inches of snow a winter

9.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.6with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Central Vermont: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 58% of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

7.4Nov

17.9Dec

23.4Jan

19.7Feb

14.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19 in on December 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 108.3 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 14.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.1 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 Vermont rule

How Vermont counts a lost day

Vermont requires at least 175 student attendance days a year, with the school board setting the length of the day. A school closed for a cause beyond the board's control may petition the State Board for a waiver, filed within 10 days of each closing and by June 15; if granted the district is treated as having met the requirement.

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

Next door

Districts near Central Vermont

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Barre Supervisory DistrictBarre	79.4 in	3.2
Washington Central Supervisory DistrictMontpelier	79.4 in	3.2
Montpelier Roxbury Supervisory DistrictMontpelier	95.4 in	3.7
Harwood Unified Union Supervisory DistrictWaitsfield	95.4 in	3.7
White River Valley Supervisory UnionRoyalton	70.2 in	3.8
Orange East Supervisory UnionBradford	104 in	4

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Williamstown Middle/High School
Northfield Middle/High School, Northfield

Middle

Orange Center School, East Barre

Elementary

Northfield Elementary School, Northfield
Williamstown Elementary School
Washington Village School, Washington

Questions

Central Vermont snow day questions

How much snow does Williamstown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Central Vermont?

Does Central Vermont get more snow days than other Vermont districts?

How does the Central Vermont snow day predictor work?

How does Vermont handle snow days?

More winter

More for Vermont 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.