The sudden onset of severe weather conditions or other emergencies usually means the imminent closure of hundreds of schools, colleges and day nurseries in the UK. The UK's climate has changed considerably in recent years and we now experience severe flooding in the summer and heavy snowfall in the winter. This leaves Principals with the difficult task of informing thousands of parents and students that they need to close. When a school needs to close they post a closure notice on the snowday website, parents and students can then read this notice and take appropriate action.

Snowday has also introduced automatic closure alerts for parents. You can now register for £1.00 and receive emergency closure alerts by email. If your school, college or day nursery needs to close for any reason during the day they will post a closure notice on the Snowday website and you will be notified of the closure by email. This is an academic yearly subscription and allows unlimited e-mails to be received.