Bellows Falls, Vermont, 1,068 students in 6 schools

Windham Northeast Supervisory Union Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Bellows Falls get?

About 42.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 6.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Windham Northeast?

13 inches on December 18, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 53.9 inches.

Q: How does the Windham Northeast snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bellows Falls 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 Windham Northeast’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Windham Northeast snow day predictor look?

Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and breaks are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Windham Northeast, measured against Windham Northeast's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Windham Northeast close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Windham Northeast’s snow record

42.4inches of snow a winter

6.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.3with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in Windham Northeast: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.7Nov

7Dec

12.5Jan

12.6Feb

7.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13 in on December 18, 2020
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 53.9 in
6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
1 in mornings 9.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.7 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 Windham Northeast

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Springfield Supervisory DistrictSpringfield	56 in	4.3
Windham Southeast Supervisory UnionBrattleboro	55.1 in	3	4
Windsor Southeast Supervisory UnionWindsor	58.5 in	3.5
Mountain Views Supervisory UnionWoodstock	70.2 in	3.8
Bennington Rutland Supervisory UnionSunderland	123.4 in	5.7
Hartford Supervisory DistrictWilder	56.7 in	2.8

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Bellows Falls Union High School

Middle

Bellows Falls Middle School

Elementary

Central Elementary School
Westminster Schools, Westminster
Saxton River Elementary School, Saxtons River
Grafton Elementary School, Grafton

Questions

Windham Northeast snow day questions

How much snow does Bellows Falls get?

What was the biggest snow day near Windham Northeast?

How does the Windham Northeast snow day predictor work?

How does Vermont handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Windham Northeast snow day predictor look?

More winter

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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.