Salisbury, Maryland, 15,086 students in 25 schools

Wicomico County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Salisbury get?

About 8.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.7 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 Wicomico?

10.3 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 18.3 inches.

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

Wicomico 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 Wicomico snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Salisbury 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 Wicomico’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Wicomico, measured against Wicomico's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Wicomico close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Wicomico’s snow record

8.1inches of snow a winter

0.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in Wicomico: 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.

0.1Nov

0.2Dec

4.6Jan

3.2Feb

0.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.3 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 18.3 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 1.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.1 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 Wicomico

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Worcester County Public SchoolsNewark	8.1 in	0.6
Dorchester County Public SchoolsCambridge	9.5 in	0.5
Caroline County Public SchoolsDenton	9.3 in	0.5
Talbot County Public SchoolsEaston	9.5 in	0.5
Queen Annes County Public SchoolsCentreville	11.5 in	0.6
Calvert County Public SchoolsPrince Frederick	8.3 in	0.4

The schools

25 schools

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

High

James M. Bennett High
Wicomico High
Parkside High
Mardela Middle & High, Mardela Springs
Wicomico County Evening High

Middle

Bennett Middle, Fruitland
Salisbury Middle
Wicomico Middle
Pittsville Elementary & Middle, Pittsville

Elementary

Delmar Elementary, Delmar
Prince Street School
Beaver Run School
Pinehurst Elementary
North Salisbury Elementary
Pemberton Elementary
East Salisbury Elementary
Fruitland Primary, Fruitland
West Salisbury
Glen Avenue School
Fruitland Intermediate, Fruitland
Westside Intermediate, Hebron
Northwestern Elementary, Mardela Springs
Willards Elementary, Willards
Charles H. Chipman Elementary
Westside Primary, Quantico

Questions

Wicomico snow day questions

How much snow does Salisbury get?

What was the biggest snow day near Wicomico?

Does Wicomico get more snow days than other Maryland districts?

How does the Wicomico 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.