Newark, Maryland, 6,848 students in 14 schools

Worcester County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Newark get?

About 8.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 18.7 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 Worcester?

10.3 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 18.7 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 18.3 inches.

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

Worcester 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 Worcester snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Newark 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 Worcester’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 18.7 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Worcester close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Worcester’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 Worcester: 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 18.7 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 Worcester

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Wicomico County Public SchoolsSalisbury	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

14 schools

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

High

Stephen Decatur High, Berlin
Pocomoke High, Pocomoke City
Snow Hill High, Snow Hill
Worcester Technical High School

Middle

Stephen Decatur Middle, Berlin
Berlin Intermediate, Berlin
Pocomoke Middle, Pocomoke City
Snow Hill Middle, Snow Hill

Elementary

Showell Elementary, Berlin
Ocean City Elementary, Ocean City
Buckingham Elementary, Berlin
Pocomoke Elementary, Pocomoke City
Snow Hill Elementary, Snow Hill

Other schools

Cedar Chapel Special School, Snow Hill

Questions

Worcester snow day questions

How much snow does Newark get?

What was the biggest snow day near Worcester?

Does Worcester get more snow days than other Maryland districts?

How does the Worcester 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.