Carroll County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Carroll, measured against Carroll's own big snow morning of 4 inches.
Will Carroll close tomorrow?
How Carroll calls a snow day
When the call comes
No later than 6:00 a.m.
“The decision to delay or close schools must be made no later than 6:00 a.m. in order to notify bus contractors, radio and television stations, send a SchoolMessenger notification and post the decision on the CCPS website, social media, and Channel 21.”Source
How families hear
By phone call, email, text message, the district website, social media, local TV and radio.
“Announcements are also placed on the school system’s website at www.carrollk12.org and posted on Facebook, Twitter, and CETV Channel 21. In addition, local and regional radio and televisions are contacted.”Inclement Weather
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“School Opening Delayed by Two (2) Hours Career & Technology Program will be on an adjusted schedule. Specific details may be obtained from the home school. A.M. half-day Pre-Kindergarten and A.M. PREP Programs will be canceled.”Delay schedule
4 built in snow days
On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “emergency closing days”.
“If any of the four (4) emergency closing days are not used, the last day for students and staff are as listed below:”Source
Making up a lost day
Built into the year; unused days move the last day earlier, from June 11 back to as early as June 7.
“Four (4) days not used – Last Student and Teacher Day – June 7th.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 31, 2026
- Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
- Last day June 11, 2027
Read from Carroll’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is carrollk12.org.
Carroll’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 67% of the 24 Maryland districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 7.8 in on March 21, 2018
- Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 28.2 in
- 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
- 1 in mornings 3 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.9 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.
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 Carroll
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore County Public SchoolsTowson | 15.7 in | 1 | 3 |
| Howard County Public SchoolsEllicott City | 11.4 in | 0.8 | 6 |
| Frederick County Public SchoolsFrederick | 17.7 in | 0.5 | 6 |
| Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore | 4.4 in | 0.1 | 3 |
| Harford County Public SchoolsBel Air | 11.8 in | 0.7 | 3 |
| Montgomery County Public SchoolsRockville | 7.4 in | 0.4 |
44 schools, the 40 largest here
Every school in Carroll follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Westminster High
- Manchester Valley High, Manchester
- Winters Mill High
- Century High, Sykesville
- Liberty High, Sykesville
- South Carroll High, Sykesville
- Francis Scott Key High, Union Bridge
- Gateway School
- Post Secondary Program
- Flexible Student Support
Middle
- Westminster West Middle
- Westminster East Middle
- Oklahoma Road Middle, Sykesville
- Sykesville Middle, Sykesville
- Mount Airy Middle, Mount Airy
- Northwest Middle, Taneytown
- Shiloh Middle, Hampstead
- North Carroll Middle, Hampstead
Elementary
- Linton Springs Elementary, Sykesville
- Winfield Elementary
- Manchester Elementary, Manchester
- Freedom District Elementary, Sykesville
- Carrolltowne Elementary, Sykesville
- Runnymede Elementary
- William Winchester Elementary
- Cranberry Station Elementary
- Piney Ridge Elementary, Sykesville
- Sandymount Elementary, Finksburg
- Ebb Valley Elementary, Manchester
- Westminster Elementary
- Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary, Union Bridge
- Friendship Valley Elementary
- Mechanicsville Elementary, Sykesville
- Eldersburg Elementary, Sykesville
- Taneytown Elementary, Taneytown
- Mount Airy Elementary, Mount Airy
- Spring Garden Elementary, Hampstead
- Robert Moton Elementary
- Parr's Ridge Elementary, Mt Airy
- Hampstead Elementary, Hampstead
Carroll 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.