Centreville, Maryland, 7,502 students in 14 schools

Queen Annes County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Centreville get?

About 11.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 15.4 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Queen Annes?

6.8 inches on March 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 15.4 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 19.9 inches.

Q: Does Queen Annes get more snow days than other Maryland districts?

Queen Annes averages 0.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 50 percent of the 24 Maryland districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Queen Annes snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Centreville through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Queen Annes’s own big snow morning: 5.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 15.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Queen Annes, measured against Queen Annes's own big snow morning of 5.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Queen Annes close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Centreville.

Ten winters of school mornings

Queen Annes’s snow record

11.5inches of snow a winter

1.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

5.4 ina big snow morning in Queen Annes: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 50% of the 24 Maryland districts with a station record.

0Nov

1Dec

6.5Jan

2.4Feb

1.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6.8 in on March 22, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 19.9 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 2.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 15.4 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.

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 Queen Annes

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Caroline County Public SchoolsDenton	9.3 in	0.5
Talbot County Public SchoolsEaston	9.5 in	0.5
Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnnapolis	10.6 in	0.5	3
Dorchester County Public SchoolsCambridge	9.5 in	0.5
Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore	4.4 in	0.1	3
Harford County Public SchoolsBel Air	11.8 in	0.7	3

The schools

14 schools

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

High

Queen Anne's County High School
Kent Island High School, Stevensville

Middle

Centreville Middle School
Stevensville Middle School, Stevensville
Sudlersville Middle School, Sudlersville
Matapeake Middle School, Stevensville

Elementary

Centreville Elementary School
Kennard Elementary School
Grasonville Elementary School, Grasonville
Kent Island Elementary School, Stevensville
Matapeake Elementary School, Stevensville
Bayside Elementary School, Stevensville
Sudlersville Elementary School, Sudlersville
Church Hill Elementary School, Church Hill

Questions

Queen Annes snow day questions

How much snow does Centreville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Queen Annes?

Does Queen Annes get more snow days than other Maryland districts?

How does the Queen Annes snow day predictor work?

How does Maryland handle snow days?

More winter

More for Maryland snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Maryland winter forecastThe season ahead for Maryland: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.