Baltimore County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Baltimore County Public Schools, measured against Baltimore County Public Schools's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.
Will Baltimore County Public Schools close tomorrow?
How Baltimore County Public Schools calls a snow day
When the call comes
By 5:30 a.m.
“If schools are to close for the day, an announcement will be made by 5:30 a.m.”Source
How families hear
By the district website, local TV, radio and phone call.
“Once the decision is made, it is communicated within minutes to the media and posted on BCPS web site, the Education Channel (cable channel 73), the BCPS school status information phone line. Information is also sent immediately to parents and the community.”Emergency Notifications, School Closings, and Delays
3 built in snow days
On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “emergency closure make-up days”.
“As shown, this calendar includes three (3) emergency closure make-up days.”Source
Virtual learning days
Baltimore County Public Schools has virtual learning days in its winter plan, up to 8 a year.
“Please note that if more than three (3) emergency closures occur, BCPS will implement virtual learning. There will be no more than a total of eight (8) virtual days.”Source
Making up a lost day
Added after the June 14 last day, on June 15, 16 and 17 in order.
“Emergency Closure #1 Make-up Day will be Tuesday, June 15, 2027 Emergency Closure #2 Make-up Day will be Wednesday, June 16, 2027 Emergency Closure #3 Make-up Day will be Thursday, June 17, 2027”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 31, 2026
- Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
- Last day June 14, 2027
Read from Baltimore County Public Schools’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is bcps.org.
Baltimore County Public Schools’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 88% of the 24 Maryland districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 7.2 in on January 25, 2026
- Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 22.9 in
- 6 in mornings 0 a winter
- 1 in mornings 3.9 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.
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
Districts near Baltimore County Public Schools
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore | 4.4 in | 0.1 | 3 |
| Harford County Public SchoolsBel Air | 11.8 in | 0.7 | 3 |
| Howard County Public SchoolsEllicott City | 11.4 in | 0.8 | 6 |
| Carroll County Public SchoolsWestminster | 16 in | 0.7 | 4 |
| Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnnapolis | 10.6 in | 0.5 | 3 |
| Montgomery County Public SchoolsRockville | 7.4 in | 0.4 |
179 schools, the 40 largest here
Every school in Baltimore County Public Schools follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Dundalk High, Baltimore
- Parkville High, Baltimore
- Perry Hall High, Baltimore
- Kenwood High, Baltimore
- Woodlawn High, Baltimore
- Dulaney High, Timonium
- Catonsville High, Baltimore
- Towson High
- Franklin High, Reisterstown
- Milford Mill Academy, Baltimore
- Overlea High, Baltimore
- New Town High, Owings Mills
- Lansdowne High, Baltimore
- Patapsco High and Center for Arts, Baltimore
- Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore
- Hereford High, Parkton
- Owings Mills High, Owings Mills
- Sparrows Point High, Sparrows Point
- Randallstown High, Randallstown
- Chesapeake High, Baltimore
- George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology
- Western School of Technology, Baltimore
- Pikesville High, Baltimore
- Loch Raven High, Baltimore
Middle
- Perry Hall Middle, Baltimore
- Franklin Middle, Reisterstown
- Deer Park Middle Magnet School, Randallstown
- Ridgely Middle, Lutherville
- Dumbarton Middle, Baltimore
- Parkville Middle, Baltimore
- Holabird Middle, Baltimore
- Arbutus Middle, Baltimore
- Middle River Middle, Baltimore
- Pikesville Middle, Baltimore
- Cockeysville Middle, Cockeysville
- Hereford Middle, Monkton
- Pine Grove Middle, Baltimore
- Sudbrook Magnet Middle, Baltimore
- Northwest Academy of Health Sciences, Baltimore
- Southwest Academy, Baltimore
Baltimore County Public Schools snow day questions
More for Maryland snow days
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.