Lisbon, Maine, 1,313 students in 3 schools

Lisbon Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Lisbon get?

About 62.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 7.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Lisbon?

16.8 inches on December 24, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 87.5 inches.

Q: How does the Lisbon snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Lisbon 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 Lisbon’s own big snow morning: 5.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

Q: Can Maine schools hold a remote day instead?

A remote day counts toward the 175 instructional days if the district provides meals and the day meets the instructional day rules.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Lisbon close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Lisbon’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 Lisbon: 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 under a mile 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 Lisbon

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Lewiston Public SchoolsLewiston	62.3 in	3.7
Auburn Public SchoolsAuburn	62.3 in	3.7	3
School Administrative District 75Topsham	66.5 in	3.8
Brunswick Public SchoolsBrunswick	66.5 in	3.8
Regional School Unit 04Wales	72.9 in	3.9
Regional School Unit 05Freeport	68.6 in	3.9

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Lisbon High School, Lisbon Falls

Middle

Philip W Sugg Middle School, Lisbon Falls

Elementary

Lisbon Community School

Questions

Lisbon snow day questions

How much snow does Lisbon get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lisbon?

How does the Lisbon snow day predictor work?

How does Maine handle snow days?

Can Maine schools hold a remote day instead?

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.