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Auburn, Maine, 3,179 students in 8 schools

Auburn Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Auburn, measured against Auburn's own big snow morning of 5.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Auburn close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Auburn.
The Auburn playbook

How Auburn calls a snow day

How families hear

By the district website, phone call and local TV.

“Check this web page for cancellation announcements.”
School Cancellations and Delays

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“The start of school will be delayed two hours. If there is a delayed start, morning Pre-K classes will be canceled. On half-day Wednesdays, there will not be a delayed start.”
Delay schedule

3 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Storm Make-up Days”.

“3 Storm Make-up Days June”
Source

Making up a lost day

Made up in June; the last day moves from June 9 to June 14 if 3 storm days are used.

“6/14/27 Last Day for Students (If 3 Storm Days)”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 27, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
  • Last day June 9, 2027
District calendar

Read from Auburn’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is auburnschl.edu.

Ten winters of school mornings

Auburn’s snow record

62.3inches of snow a winter
7.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
3.7with 4 in or more
5.1 ina big snow morning in Auburn: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.9Nov
14.3Dec
20.3Jan
13.9Feb
10.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 16.8 in on December 24, 2025
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 87.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 11 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.9 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.

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The Maine rule

How Maine counts a lost day

Maine requires a 180 day school year with at least 175 days of instruction. The Commissioner may waive the minimum days on a school board's written application, but only after the district has tried every reasonable way to make the days up.

The Maine rules in the agency’s own words, and every Maine district

Next door

Districts near Auburn

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Lewiston Public SchoolsLewiston62.3 in3.7
Lisbon Public SchoolsLisbon62.3 in3.7
Regional School Unit 16Poland69.7 in3.9
School Administrative District 52Turner77.2 in4.2
Regional School Unit 04Wales72.9 in3.9
School Administrative District 15Gray68.8 in3.4
The schools

8 schools

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

High

  • Edward Little High School

Middle

  • Auburn Middle School

Elementary

  • Fairview School
  • Park Avenue Elementary School
  • Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch
  • Washburn School
  • East Auburn Community School
  • Walton School
Questions

Auburn snow day questions

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