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Chelsea, Massachusetts, 6,148 students in 11 schools

Chelsea School District Snow Day Predictor

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

The next three school mornings

Will Chelsea close tomorrow?

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

How Chelsea calls a snow day

When the call comes

Before 6:30 AM if at all possible, and by 7:00 AM at the latest.

“The announcement will be made before 6:30 AM if at all possible. In some cases, for example unpredictable weather, it may not be possible to make a decision until later in the morning. In any event, the announcement will be made by 7:00 AM at the latest.”
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How families hear

By local TV, the district website, social media, phone call and text message.

“The following mediums will announce no-school days: WBZ Television, Ch. 4 WCVB Television, Ch. 5 WHDH Television, Ch. 7 WFXT Boston (Fox 25 News) Chelsea Community Cable, Ch. 3 CPS Website Facebook Page Twitter/X Account ParentSquare Phone & Text Alerts”
Inclement Weather Information

Making up a lost day

Added to the end of the year, from Day 180 on June 15 up to Day 185 on June 23.

“15 Day 180-Potential Last day for all ... 23 Day 185-(Snow Days)”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 26, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
  • Last day June 15, 2027
District calendar

Read from Chelsea’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is chelseaschools.com.

Ten winters of school mornings

Chelsea’s snow record

35.6inches of snow a winter
2.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.3with 4 in or more
4.8 ina big snow morning in Chelsea: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0Nov
5.1Dec
12.8Jan
11.8Feb
5.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 23.6 in on January 29, 2022
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 62.8 in
  • 6 in mornings 1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.6 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 Chelsea

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Everett School DistrictEverett35.6 in1.35
Revere School DistrictRevere35.6 in1.35
Winthrop School DistrictWinthrop35.6 in1.3
Malden School DistrictMalden28.2 in1.55
Cambridge School DistrictCambridge34.4 in1.85
Saugus School DistrictSaugus28.2 in1.5
The schools

11 schools

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

High

  • Chelsea High
  • Chelsea Opportunity Academy
  • Chelsea Virtual Learning Academy

Middle

  • Clark Avenue School
  • Joseph A. Browne School
  • Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy

Elementary

  • Frank M Sokolowski Elementary
  • George F. Kelly Elementary
  • Edgar A Hooks Elementary
  • William A Berkowitz Elementary

Other schools

  • Shurtleff Early Childhood
Questions

Chelsea snow day questions

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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.