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Hempfield School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Hempfield School District, measured against Hempfield School District's own big snow morning of 4.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hempfield School District close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Landisville.
The Hempfield School District playbook

How Hempfield School District calls a snow day

How families hear

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

“District website homepage HSD Text Messaging System District social media channels - Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram”
School Delay & Closing Information

Every closed day is made up

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar each day Hempfield School District closes for weather comes back later in the year, as set out under making up a lost day.

“Similar to the previous year, there are no built in “snow days” for the school year.”
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Flexible Instructional Days

Hempfield School District has Flexible Instructional Days in its winter plan, up to 5 a year.

“Hempfield School District is approved for five FIDs during the course of the school year, but if more than five FIDs are necessary, additional school days will be added beyond the last student day.”
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Making up a lost day

If more than five FIDs are needed, days are added after the tentative last student day of June 2, 2027.

“Snow Days will be Flexible Instructional Days (FIDs). If there are more than five FIDs, days will be added beyond June 2, 2027.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 25, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 2, 2027
District calendar

Read from Hempfield School District’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is hempfieldsd.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Hempfield School District’s snow record

21.9inches of snow a winter
2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.1with 4 in or more
4.6 ina big snow morning in Hempfield School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
1Nov
3.2Dec
4.6Jan
7.9Feb
4.9Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10.1 in on March 22, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 37.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.1 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 Pennsylvania rule

How Pennsylvania counts a lost day

Pennsylvania requires either 180 days, or hours: 900 for kindergarten through grade 6 and 990 for grades 7 to 12, as the district chooses. The state forgives no days; districts are expected to build make-up days into the calendar for closures beyond any Flexible Instructional Days.

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

Next door

Districts near Hempfield School District

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Manheim Township School DistrictLancaster18.5 in0.6
Donegal School DistrictMount Joy21.9 in1.1
Manheim Central School DistrictManheim21.9 in1.1
Columbia Borough School DistrictColumbia21.9 in1.1
Warwick School DistrictLititz21.9 in1.1
Lancaster School DistrictLancaster18.5 in0.6
The schools

10 schools

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

High

  • Hempfield SHS

Middle

  • Centerville MS, Lancaster
  • Landisville MS
  • Landisville Intrmd Ctr

Elementary

  • Landisville Pri Ctr
  • Mountville El Sch, Mountville
  • Centerville El Sch, Lancaster
  • Farmdale El Sch, Mount Joy
  • East Petersburg El Sch, East Petersburg
  • Rohrerstown El Sch, Lancaster
Questions

Hempfield School District snow day questions

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