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.
Will Chelmsford close tomorrow?
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
Read from Chelmsford’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is chelmsfordschools.org.
Chelmsford’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 76% of the 291 Massachusetts districts with a station record.
- 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.
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
Districts near Chelmsford
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell School DistrictLowell | 44.8 in | 2.5 | 5 |
| Dracut School DistrictDracut | 44.8 in | 2.5 | |
| Westford School DistrictWestford | 40.5 in | 2.1 | |
| Tyngsborough School DistrictTyngsborough | 44.8 in | 2.5 | |
| Billerica School DistrictBillerica | 44.2 in | 2.1 | |
| Tewksbury School DistrictTewksbury | 44.2 in | 2.1 |
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
Chelmsford snow day questions
More for Massachusetts snow days

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.