Lincoln, Rhode Island, 3,340 students in 6 schools

Lincoln School District Snow Day Predictor

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

June 16, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Lincoln get?

About 33.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Lincoln?

17 inches on February 24, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 71.9 inches.

Q: Does Lincoln get more snow days than other Rhode Island districts?

Lincoln averages 1.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 67 percent of the 36 Rhode Island districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Lincoln snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Lincoln 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 Lincoln’s own big snow morning: 9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Lincoln, measured against Lincoln's own big snow morning of 9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Lincoln close tomorrow?

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

The Lincoln playbook

How Lincoln calls a snow day

Making up a lost day

Added after the tentative June 16 last day, on June 17, 18 and 22 if needed.

“17,18,22 Make Up Days – If Needed”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 25, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 16, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Lincoln’s snow record

33.9inches of snow a winter

4.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.8with 4 in or more

9 ina big snow morning in Lincoln: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 67% of the 36 Rhode Island districts with a station record.

0.6Nov

5.4Dec

8.7Jan

12.6Feb

5.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17 in on February 24, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 71.9 in
6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
1 in mornings 5.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.6 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 Rhode Island rule

How Rhode Island counts a lost day

Rhode Island requires 180 days, or the equivalent of at least 1,080 school hours under a commissioner approved calendar.

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

Next door

Districts near Lincoln

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Cumberland School DistrictCumberland	33.9 in	1.8	5
Pawtucket School DistrictPawtucket	45.3 in	2.3
Woonsocket School DistrictWoonsocket	33.9 in	1.8	5
North Providence School DistrictNorth Providence	45.3 in	2.3
Johnston School DistrictJohnston	45.3 in	2.3
Providence School DistrictProvidence	32.8 in	1.1

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Lincoln Senior High School

Middle

Lincoln Middle School

Elementary

Northern Lincoln Elem., Manville
Lincoln Central Elem.
Saylesville Elementary
Lonsdale Elementary

Questions

Lincoln snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Lincoln?

How much snow does Lincoln get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lincoln?

Does Lincoln get more snow days than other Rhode Island districts?

How does the Lincoln snow day predictor work?

How does Rhode Island handle snow days?

More winter

More for Rhode Island 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.Rhode Island winter forecastThe season ahead for Rhode Island: 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.