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Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 5,130 students in 8 schools

Chelmsford School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Chelmsford, measured against Chelmsford's own big snow morning of 10.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Chelmsford close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Chelmsford.
The Chelmsford playbook

How Chelmsford calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, email, the district website, social media, local TV and radio.

“A ConnectEd phone call and email will be sent to all families and staff. Cancellations and delayed openings will be posted on the district and school websites.”
Snow Days

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Delayed Opening – In the event of a delayed opening, school will be postponed by 2 hours. All activities in the schools will continue as usual including the same dismissal time. CHIPS Preschool classes will be cancelled when the start of school is delayed.”
Delay schedule

6 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “provisional snow days”.

“Total Student Days: 186 (Total Includes Six Provisional Snow Days)”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 2, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
  • Last day June 24, 2027
District calendar

Read from Chelmsford’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is chelmsfordschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Chelmsford’s snow record

44.8inches of snow a winter
6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
2.5with 4 in or more
10.8 ina big snow morning in Chelmsford: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 76% of the 291 Massachusetts districts with a station record.

0.9Nov
6.1Dec
13.1Jan
14.6Feb
9.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 20.6 in on March 14, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 71.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.5 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.6 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.

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The Massachusetts rule

How Massachusetts counts a lost day

Massachusetts requires a 185 day calendar, at least 180 days actually held, and 900 hours for elementary or 990 hours for secondary students. Every day lost through March 31 is made up with full rescheduled days; after March 31, days are made up until 180 or the scheduled 185th day, whichever comes first.

The Massachusetts rules in the agency’s own words, and every Massachusetts district

Next door

Districts near Chelmsford

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Lowell School DistrictLowell44.8 in2.55
Dracut School DistrictDracut44.8 in2.5
Westford School DistrictWestford40.5 in2.1
Tyngsborough School DistrictTyngsborough44.8 in2.5
Billerica School DistrictBillerica44.2 in2.1
Tewksbury School DistrictTewksbury44.2 in2.1
The schools

8 schools

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

High

  • Chelmsford High, North Chelmsford

Middle

  • Col Moses Parker School
  • McCarthy Middle School

Elementary

  • Byam School
  • Charles D Harrington, North Chelmsford
  • Center Elementary School
  • South Row

Other schools

  • Community Education Center
Questions

Chelmsford snow day questions

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