Reading School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Reading, measured against Reading's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.
Will Reading close tomorrow?
How Reading calls a snow day
How families hear
By the district website, phone call, text message, email, the district app, social media and local TV.
“We typically announce inclement weather information on WFMZ-Channel 69 News.”Inclement Weather Information - Reading School District
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“When inclement weather occurs overnight, there may be a need to begin school two-hours later than normal.”Delay schedule
Remote learning days
Reading has remote learning days in its winter plan.
“Scenario #2: Asynchronous Remote Learning Day (Work From Home)”Source
Making up a lost day
Full snow days are made up on snow make-up days built into the calendar; if more are needed, days may be added to the end of the year.
“Full snow days will have to be made up later in the school year using the snow make-up days built into the school calendar.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 24, 2026
- Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
- Last day June 3, 2027
Read from Reading’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is readingsd.org.
Reading’s snow record
- Biggest day 12.4 in on February 1, 2021
- Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 42.8 in
- 6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
- 1 in mornings 3 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.4 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 Reading
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyomissing Area School DistrictWyomissing | 21.9 in | 0.7 | |
| Antietam School DistrictReading | 21.9 in | 0.7 | |
| Governor Mifflin School DistrictShillington | 21.8 in | 0.9 | |
| Exeter Township School DistrictReading | 21.9 in | 0.7 | |
| Muhlenberg School DistrictReading | 21.9 in | 0.7 | |
| Wilson School DistrictWest Lawn | 21.8 in | 0.9 | 6 |
19 schools
Every school in Reading follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Reading SHS
Middle
- Central MS
- Northeast MS
- Northwest MS
- Southern MS
- Southwest MS
Elementary
- Amanda E Stout El Sch
- Riverside El Sch
- Thirteenth & Union El Sch
- Millmont El Sch
- Tenth & Green El Sch
- Lauers Park El Sch
- Sixteenth & Haak El Sch
- Northwest El Sch
- Thirteenth & Green El Sch
- Twelfth & Marion El Sch
- Tyson-Schoener El Sch
- Tenth & Penn El Sch
- Glenside El Sch
Reading 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.