Snow day predictor for Waterloo
Snow-day forecast for Waterloo, sharing a board and bus consortium with Kitchener.
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Waterloo, Ontario
Updated Nov 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.. Matched Waterloo. High snow tolerance (snow points × 0.72). Standard cold sensitivity.
The morning decision window has passed in this time zone. Tomorrow is the score to watch.
School is probably on
Pack your bag. This forecast does not suggest a closure.
Buses: 4% chance of a cancellation or delay. Higher confidence.
Biggest factor: nothing strong in the overnight window.
What should I do? Pack the school bag. Still check your board in the morning in case the buses are cancelled.
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Weather data: Open-Meteo. Postal codes use GeoNames forward-sortation centroids (CC BY 4.0); an unknown area falls back to OpenStreetMap Nominatim. This is an estimate, not a school-board announcement. Estimate only. Check your board.
Will school be closed tomorrow?
Votes on this Waterloo page. One vote per device today. This is not a board decision.
- 0 · 0%No chance
- 0 · 0%Maybe
- 0 · 0%For sure
0 votes today.
Waterloo's forecast point is not Kitchener's, but the governance is the same: Waterloo Region District School Board for public English schools, and STSWR for buses, together with the Waterloo Catholic District School Board. Universities closing is a separate decision from the school board and is not what this score estimates.
The snow profile matches Kitchener's: high tolerance, standard cold. Use it to see whether the morning looks like a bus problem, a closure problem, or neither. Then open the board site. A score in the 'possible' band is a packing-the-bag signal, not a day off.
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Questions parents ask
Does a university closure close Waterloo public schools?
No. Universities, the school board, and the bus consortium decide separately. This tool only estimates the school and school-bus question from the weather.
Should I search Kitchener instead?
Search the city where the school and the route are. The two forecasts are close in a regional storm and can differ in a squall. Both pages link the same board.