Parkland School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When does Parkland call a snow day?

Parkland announces closings typically by 5:30 AM, by its own published protocol.

Q: Does Parkland switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Parkland has remote learning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: How long is a delayed start in Parkland?

2 hours: on a delay morning every school starts that much later.

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

June 8, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How does the Parkland snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Allentown 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 Parkland’s own big snow morning: 4.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Parkland close tomorrow?

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

The Parkland playbook

How Parkland calls a snow day

When the call comes

Typically by 5:30 AM.

“Based upon all the data we collect about weather and road conditions, the Superintendent typically makes a decision about whether or not we can hold in-person learning by 5:30 AM.”

Source

How families hear

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

“We use our rapid notification system to send staff and parents a personal phone call, email and/or text message with the alert. Information is also posted on this website and all of the District's social media handles (Facebook, Instagram and the Parkland App).”

Inclement Weather Message 2026-27 School Year - Parkland School District

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If Parkland School District opens 2 hours late – All bus transportation will be 2 hours late even if your school (public, private, or parochial) is running on a normal time schedule.”

Remote learning days

Parkland has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“On Remote Learning Days, students will complete lessons from home.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 24, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day June 8, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Parkland’s snow record

27.8inches of snow a winter

1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

4.1 ina big snow morning in Parkland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.8Nov

3.9Dec

7.5Jan

9.6Feb

5.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 22.4 in on February 1, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 58.1 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 3.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 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.

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 Parkland

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Whitehall-Coplay School DistrictWhitehall	27.8 in	0.9
Allentown City School DistrictAllentown	27.8 in	0.9
East Penn School DistrictEmmaus	27.8 in	0.9	2
Catasauqua Area School DistrictCatasauqua	27.8 in	0.9
Salisbury Township School DistrictAllentown	27.8 in	0.9
Northampton Area School DistrictNorthampton	27.8 in	0.9

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Parkland HS

Middle

Springhouse MS
Orefield MS, Orefield

Elementary

Parkway Manor Sch
Kratzer Sch
Fogelsville Sch, Breinigsville
Cetronia Sch
Veterans Memorial El Sch, Breinigsville
Kernsville Sch, Orefield
Schnecksville Sch, Schnecksville
Fred J. Jaindl El Sch, Breinigsville
Ironton Sch, Coplay

Questions

Parkland snow day questions

When does Parkland call a snow day?

How does Parkland announce a snow day?

Does Parkland switch to remote learning on a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Parkland?

When is the last day of school for Parkland?

How does the Parkland snow day predictor work?

How does Pennsylvania handle snow days?

More winter

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