Scarborough Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How many snow days does Scarborough have built in?

3 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “storm days”.

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

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

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

June 14, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Scarborough get?

About 53.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Scarborough?

12.4 inches on December 18, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 63.9 inches.

Q: How does the Scarborough snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Scarborough 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 Scarborough’s own big snow morning: 5.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Scarborough close tomorrow?

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

The Scarborough playbook

How Scarborough calls a snow day

How families hear

“In cases of inclement weather, the Scarborough Public Schools will use up to three traditional snow days. All of our schools will be closed on these days and students will not be expected to go to school in person or learn remotely.”

Weather Closures

3 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “storm days”.

“6/17 - Last Student/Teacher Day with 3 storm days used. *”

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Remote learning days

Scarborough has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“If there are more than three days of inclement weather, we will have remote learning days in lieu of a traditional snow day. On remote learning days, students will stay home and will be expected to complete academic assignments.”

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Making up a lost day

Made up in June; the last day moves from June 14 to June 17 if 3 storm days are used.

“These three school days will be made up in June if they are used.”

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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 2, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Dec 31
February break Feb 13 to Feb 21
Last day June 14, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Scarborough’s snow record

53.4inches of snow a winter

5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.6with 4 in or more

5.2 ina big snow morning in Scarborough: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.1Nov

11.1Dec

17.4Jan

13.1Feb

7.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.4 in on December 18, 2020
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 63.9 in
6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
1 in mornings 10.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3 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 Scarborough

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
South Portland Public SchoolsSouth Portland	61 in	3.7	6
Cape Elizabeth Public SchoolsCape Elizabeth	53.4 in	3.6
Westbrook Public SchoolsWestbrook	61.3 in	3.4
Portland Public SchoolsPortland	61 in	3.7
Gorham Public SchoolsGorham	61.3 in	3.4	5
Saco Public SchoolsSaco	48.7 in	3.3

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Scarborough High School

Middle

Scarborough Middle School

Elementary

Wentworth School
Eight Corners Elementary School
Blue Point School
Pleasant Hill School

Questions

Scarborough snow day questions

How many snow days does Scarborough have built in?

Does Scarborough switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Scarborough?

How much snow does Scarborough get?

What was the biggest snow day near Scarborough?

How does the Scarborough 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.