Warwick School District Snow Day Predictor, RI

Q: How many snow days does Warwick have built in?

4 for the 2026 to 2027 school year, listed on the calendar as “make up days (in the event of closure due to inclement weather)”.

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

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

Q: How much snow does Warwick get?

About 32.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Warwick?

35.5 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 69.3 inches.

Q: How does the Warwick snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Warwick 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 Warwick’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.2 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Warwick close tomorrow?

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

The Warwick playbook

How Warwick calls a snow day

4 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “make up days (in the event of closure due to inclement weather)”.

“Make up days (in the event of closure dueto inclement weather) 17 18 22 23”

Source

Making up a lost day

Added after the June 16 last day, on four listed make-up days.

Make up dates: Jun 17, Jun 18, Jun 22, Jun 23.

“Make up days (in the event of closure dueto inclement weather) 17 18 22 23”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 31, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 16, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. After the Blizzard of 2026 the state forgave two missed days and Warwick added 15 minutes to 44 school days from April 10.
“The waiver included forgiveness of two of the missed days, meaning they would not need to be made up, as well as extending 44 school days by 15 minutes beginning on April 10.”
News report

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Warwick’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 Warwick: 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 3.2 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 Warwick

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Barrington School DistrictBarrington	32.8 in	1.1
Cranston School DistrictCranston	32.8 in	1.1
North Kingstown School DistrictNorth Kingstown	21.7 in	1.4
West Warwick School DistrictWest Warwick	34.3 in	1.7	4
East Providence School DistrictEast Providence	32.8 in	1.1
Providence School DistrictProvidence	32.8 in	1.1

The schools

19 schools

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

High

Pilgrim High School
Toll Gate High School
Warwick Career and Tech Center

Middle

Warwick Veterans Middle School
Winman Middle School

Elementary

Oakland Beach School
Sherman School
Cedar Hill School
Warwick Neck School
Wyman School
Robertson School
Hoxsie School
Holliman School
Norwood School
Greenwood School
Scott School
Lippitt School
Park School

Other schools

Warwick Early Learning Center

Questions

Warwick snow day questions

How many snow days does Warwick have built in?

When is the last day of school for Warwick?

How much snow does Warwick get?

What was the biggest snow day near Warwick?

How does the Warwick snow day predictor work?

How does Rhode Island handle snow days?

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.