Easton, Maryland, 4,502 students in 8 schools

Talbot County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Easton get?

About 9.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Talbot?

9.5 inches on January 6, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 17.6 inches.

Q: How does the Talbot snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Easton 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 Talbot’s own big snow morning: 4.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away.

Q: How far ahead does the Talbot snow day predictor look?

Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and breaks are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Talbot, measured against Talbot's own big snow morning of 4.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Talbot close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Talbot’s snow record

9.5inches of snow a winter

1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

4.8 ina big snow morning in Talbot: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0Nov

0.8Dec

6.4Jan

1.5Feb

0.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.5 in on January 6, 2025
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 17.6 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 1.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8 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 Talbot

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Dorchester County Public SchoolsCambridge	9.5 in	0.5
Caroline County Public SchoolsDenton	9.3 in	0.5
Queen Annes County Public SchoolsCentreville	11.5 in	0.6
Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnnapolis	10.6 in	0.5	3
Calvert County Public SchoolsPrince Frederick	8.3 in	0.4
Wicomico County Public SchoolsSalisbury	8.1 in	0.6

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Easton High
St. Michaels Middle/High School, St Michaels

Middle

Easton Middle

Elementary

Easton Elementary
Chapel District Elementary, Cordova
St. Michaels Elementary, St Michaels
White Marsh Elementary, Trappe
Tilghman Elementary, Tilghman

Questions

Talbot snow day questions

How much snow does Easton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Talbot?

How does the Talbot snow day predictor work?

How does Maryland handle snow days?

How far ahead does the Talbot snow day predictor look?

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.