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Anne Arundel County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Anne Arundel, measured against Anne Arundel's own big snow morning of 3.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Anne Arundel close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Annapolis.
The Anne Arundel playbook

How Anne Arundel calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, email, text message, the district app, the district website, social media, radio and local TV.

“On the AACPS Alerts automated telephone, email, and text message notification system.”
Weather Notifications

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Buses will arrive at their regular stops two hours later than the usual time.”
Delay schedule

3 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “built-in inclement weather days”.

“Three make-up days are included at the end of the school year.”
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Virtual learning days

Anne Arundel has virtual learning days in its winter plan.

“After the usage of the three built-in inclement weather days, AACPS will use virtual learning days on days of school closures whenever conditions permit.”
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Making up a lost day

Three make-up days at the end of the year, with more added to the June closing date if needed.

“If necessary, additional days will be added to the June closing date.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 24, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 11, 2027
District calendar

Read from Anne Arundel’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is aacps.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Anne Arundel’s snow record

10.6inches of snow a winter
1.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.5with 4 in or more
3.7 ina big snow morning in Anne Arundel: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.1Nov
0.9Dec
6.3Jan
2.8Feb
0.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 9.1 in on January 4, 2022
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 19.2 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 2.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.5 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.

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The Maryland rule

How Maryland counts a lost day

Maryland requires at least 180 school days and 1,080 hours within 10 months, with days of at least 3 hours. On a county board's application showing it tried to comply, the State Board may shorten the year when severe weather or a disaster prevented normal attendance, without cutting state or local funding.

The Maryland rules in the agency’s own words, and every Maryland district

Next door

Districts near Anne Arundel

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Prince George's County Public SchoolsUpper Marlboro7.1 in0.33
Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore4.4 in0.13
Howard County Public SchoolsEllicott City11.4 in0.86
Queen Annes County Public SchoolsCentreville11.5 in0.6
Calvert County Public SchoolsPrince Frederick8.3 in0.4
Talbot County Public SchoolsEaston9.5 in0.5
The schools

126 schools, the 40 largest here

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

High

  • North County High, Glen Burnie
  • Old Mill High, Millersville
  • Glen Burnie High, Glen Burnie
  • Meade High, Ft Meade
  • Broadneck High
  • Annapolis High
  • Crofton High School, Gambrills
  • Severna Park High, Severna Park
  • Arundel High, Gambrills
  • South River High, Edgewater
  • Chesapeake High, Pasadena
  • Northeast High, Pasadena
  • Southern High, Harwood

Middle

  • Severna Park Middle, Severna Park
  • Arundel Middle, Odenton
  • Crofton Middle, Gambrills
  • Central Middle, Edgewater
  • Lindale Middle, Linthicum
  • Chesapeake Bay Middle, Pasadena
  • Marley Middle, Glen Burnie
  • Old Mill Middle South, Millersville
  • Old Mill Middle North, Millersville
  • Northeast Middle, Pasadena
  • MacArthur Middle, Fort Meade
  • Annapolis Middle
  • Meade Middle, Fort Meade
  • Southern Middle, Lothian
  • Brooklyn Park Middle, Baltimore
  • Severn River Middle, Arnold
  • Magothy River Middle, Arnold

Elementary

  • Piney Orchard Elementary, Odenton
  • Monarch Global Academy PCS Laurel Campus, Laurel
  • Crofton Woods Elementary, Crofton
  • Marley Elementary, Glen Burnie
  • Solley Elementary, Glen Burnie
  • Nantucket Elementary, Crofton
  • Monarch Academy, Glen Burnie
  • High Point Elementary, Pasadena
  • Southgate Elementary, Glen Burnie

Other schools

  • Chesapeake Science Point, Hanover
Questions

Anne Arundel snow day questions

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