Skowhegan, Maine, 2,238 students in 8 schools

School Administrative District 54 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How many snow days does School Administrative District 54 have built in?

5 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “Snow Days”.

Q: When is the last day of school for School Administrative District 54?

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

Q: How much snow does Skowhegan get?

About 76.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.2 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near School Administrative District 54?

20 inches on March 24, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.2 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 103.5 inches.

Q: Does School Administrative District 54 get more snow days than other Maine districts?

School Administrative District 54 averages 4.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 74 percent of the 217 Maine districts with a station record.

Q: How does the School Administrative District 54 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Skowhegan 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 School Administrative District 54’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in School Administrative District 54, measured against School Administrative District 54's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will School Administrative District 54 close tomorrow?

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

The School Administrative District 54 playbook

How School Administrative District 54 calls a snow day

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Snow Days”.

“5 Snow Days (There are 5 storm days added into calendar.”

Source

Making up a lost day

Beyond 5 storm days, made up in June; with fewer used, school closes before June 14.

“If more than 5 storm days are used, additional time will be made up in June. If fewer than 5 storm days are used, school will close before June 14.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 27, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Dec 31
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 14, 2027

District calendar

Read from School Administrative District 54’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is msad54.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

School Administrative District 54’s snow record

76.2inches of snow a winter

9.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.9with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in School Administrative District 54: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

15.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 74% of the 217 Maine districts with a station record.

4.3Nov

14.8Dec

18.8Jan

18.9Feb

15.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 20 in on March 24, 2024
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 103.5 in
6 in mornings 2.3 a winter
1 in mornings 14.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.2 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 School Administrative District 54

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
School Administrative District 49Fairfield	63.9 in	3
Regional School Unit 18Oakland	63.9 in	3
Waterville Public SchoolsWaterville	63.9 in	3
Winslow SchoolsWinslow	63.9 in	3
Regional School Unit 09Farmington	87.7 in	4.9
School Administrative District 03Unity	63.9 in	3

The schools

8 schools

Every school in School Administrative District 54 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Skowhegan Area High School

Middle

Skowhegan Area Middle School

Elementary

Mill Stream Elementary School, Norridgewock
Bloomfield Elementary School
Margaret Chase Smith Sch - Skowhegan
Canaan Elementary School, Canaan

Other schools

North Elementary School
Somerset Career & Technical Center

Questions

School Administrative District 54 snow day questions

How many snow days does School Administrative District 54 have built in?

When is the last day of school for School Administrative District 54?

How much snow does Skowhegan get?

What was the biggest snow day near School Administrative District 54?

Does School Administrative District 54 get more snow days than other Maine districts?

How does the School Administrative District 54 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.