Augusta Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Augusta call a snow day?

Augusta announces closings the morning of by 6:00AM, by its own published protocol.

Q: Does Augusta switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Augusta has remote learning days in its winter plan, up to 5 a year. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: When is the last day of school for Augusta?

June 10, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Augusta get?

About 66 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: How does the Augusta snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Augusta 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 Augusta’s own big snow morning: 7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Augusta close tomorrow?

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

The Augusta playbook

How Augusta calls a snow day

When the call comes

The morning of by 6:00AM.

“The decision to implement a Remote School Day will be made the morning of by 6:00AM via our district website, social media, and through our alert system (phone and text). A notification of the potential for a remote school day will be sent out the day prior by 1:00PM.”

Source

How families hear

By the district website, social media, phone call and text message.

“The decision to implement a Remote School Day will be made the morning of by 6:00AM via our district website, social media, and through our alert system (phone and text).”

Remote School Days | Augusta Schools

Remote learning days

Augusta has remote learning days in its winter plan, up to 5 a year.

“**Up to five days may be conducted remotely.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 1, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Dec 31
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 10, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. Closed Monday, January 26, 2026 as a traditional snow day, not a remote day.
“Due to the incoming storm, all Augusta schools and administrative offices will be closed Monday, January 26, 2026. This will be a traditional snow day, not a remote learning day.”
District notice
2024 to 2025. Remote school days on February 6 and February 13, 2025.
“Remote School Day – Thursday, February 6, 2025”
District notice

Read from Augusta’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is augustaschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Augusta’s snow record

66inches of snow a winter

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

3.7with 4 in or more

7 ina big snow morning in Augusta: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.8Nov

13.5Dec

16.7Jan

17Feb

10.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 13 in on February 13, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 97.8 in
6 in mornings 2.3 a winter
1 in mornings 12.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2 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 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 Augusta

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Regional School Unit 02Hallowell	66 in	3.7
School Administrative District 11Gardiner	63.7 in	4.1
Regional School Unit 38Readfield	72.9 in	3.9
Regional School Unit 12Somerville	70.5 in	4.2
Regional School Unit 04Wales	72.9 in	3.9
Regional School Unit 18Oakland	63.9 in	3

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Cony

Middle

Cony Middle School

Elementary

Sylvio J Gilbert School
Farrington School
Lincoln School
Lillian Parks Hussey School

Other schools

Capital Area Technical Center

Questions

Augusta snow day questions

When does Augusta call a snow day?

How does Augusta announce a snow day?

Does Augusta switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Augusta?

How much snow does Augusta get?

How does the Augusta snow day predictor work?

How does Maine handle snow days?

More winter

More for Maine snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Maine winter forecastThe season ahead for Maine: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.