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.
Will Hempfield School District close tomorrow?
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.”Source
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.”Source
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.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 25, 2026
- Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
- Last day June 2, 2027
Read from Hempfield School District’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is hempfieldsd.org.
Hempfield School District’s snow record
- 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.
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
Districts near Hempfield School District
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Manheim Township School DistrictLancaster | 18.5 in | 0.6 |
| Donegal School DistrictMount Joy | 21.9 in | 1.1 |
| Manheim Central School DistrictManheim | 21.9 in | 1.1 |
| Columbia Borough School DistrictColumbia | 21.9 in | 1.1 |
| Warwick School DistrictLititz | 21.9 in | 1.1 |
| Lancaster School DistrictLancaster | 18.5 in | 0.6 |
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
Hempfield School District snow day questions
More for Pennsylvania snow days

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