Springfield, Vermont, 1,218 students in 4 schools

Springfield Supervisory District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Springfield get?

About 56 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Springfield?

16 inches on March 24, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 79.5 inches.

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

Springfield averages 4.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 73 percent of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Springfield snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Springfield 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 Springfield’s own big snow morning: 6.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Springfield, measured against Springfield's own big snow morning of 6.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Springfield close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Springfield’s snow record

56inches of snow a winter

7.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.3with 4 in or more

6.3 ina big snow morning in Springfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

8.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 73% of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

3.7Nov

10.3Dec

12.9Jan

13.5Feb

13.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16 in on March 24, 2024
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 79.5 in
6 in mornings 1.7 a winter
1 in mornings 10.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.2 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 Springfield

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Windham Northeast Supervisory UnionBellows Falls	42.4 in	3.3
Windsor Southeast Supervisory UnionWindsor	58.5 in	3.5
Mountain Views Supervisory UnionWoodstock	70.2 in	3.8
Hartford Supervisory DistrictWilder	56.7 in	2.8
Windham Southeast Supervisory UnionBrattleboro	55.1 in	3	4
Rutland City Supervisory DistrictRutland	75.6 in	3

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Springfield High School

Middle

Riverside Middle School

Elementary

Elm Hill School
Union Street School

Questions

Springfield snow day questions

How much snow does Springfield get?

What was the biggest snow day near Springfield?

Does Springfield get more snow days than other Vermont districts?

How does the Springfield 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.