Windsor, Vermont, 1,235 students in 4 schools

Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Windsor get?

About 58.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Windsor Southeast?

20 inches on March 24, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 89.1 inches.

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

Windsor Southeast averages 3.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 56 percent of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Windsor Southeast snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Windsor 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 Windsor Southeast’s own big snow morning: 5.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Windsor Southeast, measured against Windsor Southeast's own big snow morning of 5.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Windsor Southeast close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Windsor Southeast’s snow record

58.5inches of snow a winter

8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.5with 4 in or more

5.5 ina big snow morning in Windsor Southeast: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

11.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 56% of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

2.3Nov

13.9Dec

12.8Jan

14.9Feb

12.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 20 in on March 24, 2024
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 89.1 in
6 in mornings 1.9 a winter
1 in mornings 11.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.6 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 Windsor Southeast

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Mountain Views Supervisory UnionWoodstock	70.2 in	3.8
Hartford Supervisory DistrictWilder	56.7 in	2.8
Springfield Supervisory DistrictSpringfield	56 in	4.3
Windham Northeast Supervisory UnionBellows Falls	42.4 in	3.3
White River Valley Supervisory UnionRoyalton	70.2 in	3.8
Rutland City Supervisory DistrictRutland	75.6 in	3

The schools

4 schools

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

Elementary

Hartland Elementary School, Hartland
Weathersfield School, Ascutney
Albert Bridge School (West Windsor), Brownsville

Other schools

Windsor School

Questions

Windsor Southeast snow day questions

How much snow does Windsor get?

What was the biggest snow day near Windsor Southeast?

Does Windsor Southeast get more snow days than other Vermont districts?

How does the Windsor Southeast snow day predictor work?

How does Vermont handle snow days?

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.