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Providence, Rhode Island, 19,856 students in 39 schools

Providence School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Providence, measured against Providence's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Providence close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Providence.
The Providence playbook

How Providence calls a snow day

How families hear

By the district website, local TV and radio.

“Additionally, parents will be contacted via the district’s ParentSquare communication system .”
Closings and Dismissals

Making up a lost day

The June 17 last day may move later if snow days are used.

“*May need adjusting based on snow days”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 25, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
  • Last day June 17, 2027
District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Providence’s snow record

32.8inches of snow a winter
2.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.1with 4 in or more
3.9 ina big snow morning in Providence: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.6Nov
4.2Dec
11Jan
12.6Feb
3.8Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 35.5 in on February 23, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 69.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.6 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.

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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 Providence

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Cranston School DistrictCranston32.8 in1.1
East Providence School DistrictEast Providence32.8 in1.1
Johnston School DistrictJohnston45.3 in2.3
North Providence School DistrictNorth Providence45.3 in2.3
Pawtucket School DistrictPawtucket45.3 in2.3
Barrington School DistrictBarrington32.8 in1.1
The schools

39 schools

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

High

  • Classical High School
  • Mount Pleasant High
  • Central High School
  • Hope High School
  • Providence Career Technical
  • Dr. Jorge Alvarez HS
  • Times2 Middle/High School
  • 360 High School
  • E-Cubed Academy
  • W B Cooley & Acad Internationa
  • Aventure Academy
  • Newcomer Academy

Middle

  • Nathanael Greene Middle
  • Nathan Bishop Middle
  • Roger Williams Middle
  • Governor Christopher DelSesto
  • West Broadway Middle School
  • Gilbert Stuart Middle School
  • Esek Hopkins Middle

Elementary

  • Alfred Lima Sr. El School
  • Cornel Young & Charlotte Woods
  • Asa Messer El. School
  • George J. West El. School
  • Frank D. Spaziano Elem School
  • Harry Kizirian Elementary
  • Anthony Carnevale Elementary
  • Veazie Street School
  • Robert L. Bailey IV
  • Lillian Feinstein El. School
  • Robert F. Kennedy El. School
  • Pleasant View School
  • Mary E. Fogarty El. School
  • William D'Abate Elem. School
  • Martin Luther King El. School
  • Times2 Elementary School
  • Vartan Gregorian El. School
  • Webster Avenue School
  • Leviton Dual Language School
  • Reservoir Avenue School
Questions

Providence snow day questions

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More winter

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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.