Massachusetts snow day predictor
Nothing in the Massachusetts forecast this week that closes schools · Worcester averages 73 in a year, New Bedford 33 in
Massachusetts towns, ranked
- Worcesteraverages 73 inches a year · heavy snow0%no chance
- Lowellaverages 59 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Springfieldaverages 52 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Quincyaverages 51 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Bostonaverages 49 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Cambridgeaverages 49 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Lynnaverages 39 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Fall Riveraverages 38 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Brocktonaverages 34 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- New Bedfordaverages 33 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
How snow days work in Massachusetts
There is no single Massachusetts snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Worcester averages 73 inches of snow a year against New Bedford’s 33, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.