Fryeburg, Maine, 1,111 students in 3 schools

School Administrative District 72 Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Fryeburg get?

About 83.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 9.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near School Administrative District 72?

16.8 inches on March 24, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 118.3 inches.

Q: Does School Administrative District 72 get more snow days than other Maine districts?

School Administrative District 72 averages 4.8 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 72 snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fryeburg 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 72’s own big snow morning: 6.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in School Administrative District 72, measured against School Administrative District 72's own big snow morning of 6.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will School Administrative District 72 close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

School Administrative District 72’s snow record

83.5inches of snow a winter

9.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.8with 4 in or more

6.5 ina big snow morning in School Administrative District 72: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

7.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

4.6Nov

17Dec

20.6Jan

22.1Feb

14.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16.8 in on March 24, 2024
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 118.3 in
6 in mornings 2.6 a winter
1 in mornings 13.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.5 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 72

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
School Administrative District 61Bridgton	77.5 in	5.1	4
School Administrative District 17South Paris	69.7 in	3.9
Regional School Unit 16Poland	69.7 in	3.9
Regional School Unit 14Windham	75.8 in	4.1
School Administrative District 15Gray	68.8 in	3.4
School Administrative District 06Buxton	79 in	4.3	5

The schools

3 schools

Every school in School Administrative District 72 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

Elementary

Molly Ockett School
New Suncook School, Lovell
Brownfield Denmark Elementary School, Denmark

Questions

School Administrative District 72 snow day questions

How much snow does Fryeburg get?

What was the biggest snow day near School Administrative District 72?

Does School Administrative District 72 get more snow days than other Maine districts?

How does the School Administrative District 72 snow day predictor work?

How does Maine handle snow days?

More winter

More for Maine snow days

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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.