Maine snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Bangor averages 75 in a year, Biddeford 49 in
Maine towns, ranked
- Bangoraverages 75 inches a year · heavy snow
- Sanfordaverages 70 inches a year · heavy snow
- Augustaaverages 69 inches a year · heavy snow
- Portlandaverages 69 inches a year · heavy snow
- South Portlandaverages 69 inches a year · heavy snow
- Westbrookaverages 69 inches a year · heavy snow
- Sacoaverages 69 inches a year · heavy snow
- Lewistonaverages 65 inches a year · heavy snow
- Auburnaverages 65 inches a year · heavy snow
- Biddefordaverages 49 inches a year · regular snow
How snow days work in Maine
There is no single Maine snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Bangor averages 75 inches of snow a year against Biddeford’s 49, 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.