Prince George's County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Prince George's, measured against Prince George's's own big snow morning of 4 inches.
Will Prince George's close tomorrow?
How Prince George's calls a snow day
When the call comes
Decision to offer virtual learning shared as early as possible the day before.
“PGCPS Division of Communications and Community Engagement will share the decision to offer virtual learning as early as possible the day before.”Source
How families hear
By the district website, email, text message, social media, local TV and radio.
“Families will learn of the decision to transition to virtual through established communication means—PGCPS website, emails and text messages, social media and local TV and radio media.”
3 built in snow days
On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “inclement weather make-up days”.
“1 INCLEMENT WEATHER MAKE-UP DAYS – If the school year is disrupted by emergencies and schools are closed, dates identified as possible make-up instructional days include: April 19, June 16 and June 17, 2027.”Source
Virtual learning days
Prince George's has virtual learning days in its winter plan.
“Once all make-up days are used, PGCPS may provide notice and use the Virtual Education Day Plan .”Source
Making up a lost day
Three make-up days, April 19 and June 16 and 17, then the Virtual Education Day Plan.
“dates identified as possible make-up instructional days include: April 19, June 16 and June 17, 2027. If no emergency closure days occur, the school year will end for students on Tuesday, June 15, 2027, as shown.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 25, 2026
- Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
- Last day June 15, 2027
Recent snow days
- 2025 to 2026. Severe weather led the district to adopt a Virtual Day plan and cut 2026-27 make-up days to three.
“Following that time, PGCPS experienced unprecedented severe weather and adopted a Virtual Day plan.”
District notice
Read from Prince George's’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is pgcps.org.
Prince George's’s snow record
- Biggest day 7.4 in on January 4, 2022
- Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 15 in
- 6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
- 1 in mornings 1.6 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 13.2 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 Prince George's
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnnapolis | 10.6 in | 0.5 | 3 |
| Calvert County Public SchoolsPrince Frederick | 8.3 in | 0.4 | |
| Charles County Public SchoolsLa Plata | 8.9 in | 0.5 | 6 |
| Montgomery County Public SchoolsRockville | 7.4 in | 0.4 | |
| Howard County Public SchoolsEllicott City | 11.4 in | 0.8 | 6 |
| Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore | 4.4 in | 0.1 | 3 |
199 schools, the 40 largest here
Every school in Prince George's follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- High Point High, Beltsville
- Charles Herbert Flowers High, Springdale
- Parkdale High, Riverdale
- Eleanor Roosevelt High, Greenbelt
- Bowie High, Bowie
- Duval High, Lanham
- Northwestern High, Hyattsville
- Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High
- Laurel High, Laurel
- Bladensburg High, Bladensburg
- Suitland High, Suitland
- Oxon Hill High, Oxon Hill
- Crossland High, Temple Hills
- Potomac High, Oxon Hill
- Frederick Douglass High
- Gwynn Park High, Brandywine
- Fairmont Heights High, Landover
- Largo High
- Friendly High, Fort Washington
Middle
- Greenbelt Middle, Greenbelt
- Thomas Johnson Middle, Lanham
- Charles Carroll Middle, New Carrollton
- Hyattsville Middle, Hyattsville
- Buck Lodge Middle, Adelphi
- Drew-Freeman Middle, District Heights
- Benjamin Tasker Middle, Bowie
- Nicholas Orem Middle, Hyattsville
- Walker Mill Middle, Capitol Heights
- Sonia Sotomayor Middle at Adelphi, Adelphi
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle, Laurel
- William Wirt Middle, Riverdale
- Kenmoor Middle, Landover
- Kettering Middle
Elementary
- Accokeek Academy, Accokeek
- Beltsville Academy, Beltsville
- Port Towns Elementary, Bladensburg
- Colin L Powell Academy, Fort Washington
- Legends Public Charter School, Lanham
Other schools
- Chesapeake Math and IT Public Charter, Laurel
- Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter
Prince George's 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.