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Harford County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Harford, measured against Harford's own big snow morning of 4.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Harford close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Bel Air.
The Harford playbook

How Harford calls a snow day

3 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “potential inclement weather makeup days”.

“Three days during the school year—March 1, June 1, and April 12, 2027—have been set aside as potential inclement weather makeup days (in that order).”
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Virtual learning days

Harford has virtual learning days in its winter plan.

“Making these changes allows HCPS to remain eligible to request a calendar waiver from the state, if needed, and ensures the school system is able to consider virtual instruction as an option for inclement weather.”
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Making up a lost day

Used in order March 1, June 1, then April 12; unused days stay closed.

“*If no weather-related school closures occur before these dates, schools and offices will be closed on those days.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 31, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 17, 2027
District calendar

Read from Harford’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is hcps.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Harford’s snow record

11.8inches of snow a winter
2.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.7with 4 in or more
4.3 ina big snow morning in Harford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 67% of the 24 Maryland districts with a station record.

0.2Nov
1.2Dec
4.6Jan
4.4Feb
1.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11.5 in on January 26, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 24.4 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.5 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 Harford

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Baltimore County Public SchoolsTowson15.7 in13
Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore4.4 in0.13
Cecil County Public SchoolsElkton16.1 in0.4
Carroll County Public SchoolsWestminster16 in0.74
Howard County Public SchoolsEllicott City11.4 in0.86
Queen Annes County Public SchoolsCentreville11.5 in0.6
The schools

55 schools, the 40 largest here

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

High

  • Aberdeen High, Aberdeen
  • Bel Air High
  • Edgewood High, Edgewood
  • C. Milton Wright High
  • North Harford High, Pylesville
  • Fallston High, Fallston
  • Harford Technical High
  • Joppatowne High, Joppa
  • Havre de Grace High, Havre de Grace
  • Patterson Mill High School

Middle

  • Southampton Middle
  • Bel Air Middle
  • Fallston Middle School, Fallston
  • Aberdeen Middle, Aberdeen
  • Edgewood Middle, Edgewood
  • North Harford Middle, Pylesville
  • Patterson Mill Middle School
  • Magnolia Middle, Joppa
  • Havre de Grace Middle, Havre de Grace

Elementary

  • Youths Benefit Elementary, Fallston
  • Homestead/Wakefield Elementary
  • Old Post Road Elementary, Abingdon
  • Red Pump Elementary School
  • Church Creek Elementary, Belcamp
  • Deerfield Elementary, Edgewood
  • Abingdon Elementary, Abingdon
  • Hickory Elementary
  • Havre de Grace Elementary, Havre De Grace
  • Prospect Mill Elementary
  • Emmorton Elementary
  • Meadowvale Elementary, Havre De Grace
  • Ring Factory Elementary
  • Magnolia Elementary, Joppa
  • G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale, Aberdeen
  • Bel Air Elementary
  • Joppatowne Elementary, Joppa
  • Jarrettsville Elementary, Jarrettsville
  • Forest Hill Elementary, Forest Hill
  • William S. James Elementary, Abingdon
  • Riverside Elementary, Joppa
Questions

Harford snow day questions

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More winter

More for Maryland 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.