Charles County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Charles, measured against Charles's own big snow morning of 6.6 inches.
Will Charles close tomorrow?
How Charles calls a snow day
When the call comes
Usually made by 5:30 a.m.
“If conditions require the closing or delayed opening of schools, decisions are usually made by 5:30 a.m.”Source
How families hear
By the district website, email, text message, local TV, radio and social media.
“Once that decision is made, school officials record the information on the 24-hour information line, post it on the CCPS website, send an email and text message to parents and staff (text to those who have opted in) and announce it through the Citizen Notification Service (CNS).”Inclement Weather/Delays
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“Buses run routes one or two hours later than scheduled.”Delay schedule
6 built in snow days
On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “emergency make-up days”.
“Six emergency make-up days have been identified in June 2027 if schools must close during the school year for inclement weather or any other emergency.”Source
Making up a lost day
Added to the end of the year in order: June 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 17.
“The days will be added to the end of the school year, if needed, as follows: June 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 17.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 24, 2026
- Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
- Last day June 9, 2027
Read from Charles’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is ccboe.com.
Charles’s snow record
- Biggest day 10 in on January 4, 2022
- Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 18.9 in
- 6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
- 1 in mornings 2.2 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.6 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 Charles
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert County Public SchoolsPrince Frederick | 8.3 in | 0.4 | |
| Prince George's County Public SchoolsUpper Marlboro | 7.1 in | 0.3 | 3 |
| St. Marys County Public SchoolsLeonardtown | 9.2 in | 0.7 | 3 |
| Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnnapolis | 10.6 in | 0.5 | 3 |
| Montgomery County Public SchoolsRockville | 7.4 in | 0.4 | |
| Dorchester County Public SchoolsCambridge | 9.5 in | 0.5 |
40 schools
Every school in Charles follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- North Point High School, Waldorf
- St. Charles High School, Waldorf
- La Plata High School
- Westlake High School, Waldorf
- Thomas Stone High School, Waldorf
- Maurice J. McDonough High School, Pomfret
- Henry E. Lackey High School, Indian Head
- Robert D. Stethem Educational Center, Pomfret
Middle
- Theodore G. Davis Middle School, Waldorf
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle School, Waldorf
- Mattawoman Middle School, Waldorf
- John Hanson Middle School, Waldorf
- Matthew Henson Middle School, Indian Head
- Milton M. Somers Middle School
- Piccowaxen Middle School, Newburg
- General Smallwood Middle School, Indian Head
- Phoenix International School of the Arts
Elementary
- William A. Diggs Elementary School, Waldorf
- Berry Elementary School, Waldorf
- Billingsley Elementary School, White Plains
- Arthur Middleton Elementary School, Waldorf
- J. C. Parks Elementary School, Indian Head
- William B. Wade Elementary School, Waldorf
- Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School, Waldorf
- J. P. Ryon Elementary School, Waldorf
- Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School
- Mary B. Neal Elementary School, Waldorf
- C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School, Waldorf
- Mary H. Matula Elementary School
- T. C. Martin Elementary School, Bryantown
- Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School, Waldorf
- Dr. James Craik Elementary School, Pomfret
- Eva Turner Elementary School, Waldorf
- Indian Head Elementary School, Indian Head
- Malcolm Elementary School, Waldorf
- Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary, Waldorf
- Dr. Thomas L. Higdon Elementary School, Newburg
- Gale-Bailey Elementary School, Marbury
- Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School, Nanjemoy
Other schools
- F. B. Gwynn Educational Center
Charles 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.