Malden School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Malden announce a snow day?

By email, text message and phone call, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: How many snow days does Malden have built in?

5 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “snow days”.

Q: When is the last day of school for Malden?

June 14, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Malden get?

About 28.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Malden?

14.5 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 44.8 inches.

Q: How does the Malden snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Malden 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 Malden’s own big snow morning: 4.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Malden close tomorrow?

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

The Malden playbook

How Malden calls a snow day

How families hear

By email, text message and phone call.

“During the school year, parents/caregivers will receive email, text, and phone messages from the school, from the district, and from their student’s teacher about snow days, conferences, academic events, and other updates and reminders through ParentSquare.”

Malden Public Schools Students, Families and Caregivers Handbook 2026-2027 (School Cancellations)

5 built in snow days

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

“6/14: Last Day of School w/o snow days (180 Days) - 11:00 a.m. Dismissal for Students and Staff ... 6/22: Tentative last day of school w/ 5 snow days (185 Days)”

Source

Making up a lost day

Added to the end of the year in June, moving the last day from June 14 to as late as June 22.

“Please remember, any day that is cancelled due to inclement weather has to be made up as an additional school day at the end of the school year in June.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 26, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 14, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Malden’s snow record

28.2inches of snow a winter

3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.5with 4 in or more

4.2 ina big snow morning in Malden: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.6Nov

4.9Dec

9.5Jan

9.5Feb

2.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.5 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 44.8 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 4.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.5 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 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 Malden

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Everett School DistrictEverett	35.6 in	1.3	5
Melrose School DistrictMelrose	28.2 in	1.5
Medford School DistrictMedford	34.4 in	1.8
Chelsea School DistrictChelsea	35.6 in	1.3
Stoneham School DistrictStoneham	28.2 in	1.5
Revere School DistrictRevere	35.6 in	1.3	5

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Malden High

Elementary

Salemwood
Ferryway
Beebe
Linden
Forestdale

Other schools

Malden Early Learning Center

Questions

Malden snow day questions

How does Malden announce a snow day?

How many snow days does Malden have built in?

When is the last day of school for Malden?

How much snow does Malden get?

What was the biggest snow day near Malden?

How does the Malden snow day predictor work?

How does Massachusetts handle snow days?

More winter

More for Massachusetts 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.Massachusetts winter forecastThe season ahead for Massachusetts: 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.