Snow Days by State: Chances, Make-Up Days and Remote Days

Snow days work differently in every state. Each state sets how long the school year must be, in days, in hours or in both, and decides what happens when schools close for snow: whether the days must be made up, whether some are forgiven, and whether a district may switch to remote learning instead. Each state’s page gathers its rules from its own law and education department, with links, alongside its cities’ chances for the next school day and how much snow its weather stations record in a normal year.

• ALAlabamaunder 1%
• AKAlaskaunder 1%
• AZArizonaunder 1%
• ARArkansasunder 1%
• CACali­forniaunder 1%
• COColoradounder 1%
• CTConnect­icutunder 1%
• DEDelawareunder 1%
• DCDistrict of Columbiaunder 1%
• FLFloridaunder 1%
• GAGeorgiaunder 1%
• HIHawaiiunder 1%
• IDIdahounder 1%
• ILIllinoisunder 1%
• INIndianaunder 1%
• IAIowaunder 1%
• KSKansasunder 1%
• KYKentuckyunder 1%
• LALouisi­anaunder 1%
• MEMaineunder 1%
• MDMarylandunder 1%
• MAMassa­chusettsunder 1%
• MIMichiganunder 1%
• MNMinne­sotaunder 1%
• MSMissis­sippiunder 1%
• MOMissouriunder 1%
• MTMontanaunder 1%
• NENebras­kaunder 1%
• NVNevadaunder 1%
• NHNew Hampshireunder 1%
• NJNew Jerseyunder 1%
• NMNew Mexicounder 1%
• NYNew Yorkunder 1%
• NCNorth Carolinaunder 1%
• NDNorth Dakotaunder 1%
• OHOhiounder 1%
• OKOkla­homaunder 1%
• OROregonunder 1%
• PAPenn­sylvaniaunder 1%
• RIRhode Islandunder 1%
• SCSouth Carolinaunder 1%
• SDSouth Dakotaunder 1%
• TNTennes­seeunder 1%
• TXTexasunder 1%
• UTUtahunder 1%
• VTVermontunder 1%
• VAVirginiaunder 1%
• WAWashing­tonunder 1%
• WVWest Virginiaunder 1%
• WIWiscon­sinunder 1%
• WYWyomingunder 1%

What each state’s page shows

• The chance of a snow day, a late start or school as usual on the next school day in the state’s largest cities, updated every half hour.
• How much snow usually closes schools in each of those cities, by the calculator’s rule of thumb, and the snowiest and least snowy weather stations in the state, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 climate normals, with a file of every station.
• The state’s rules on the length of the school year, make-up days and remote learning on snow days, each linked to the official text.

The numbers on the tiles are the highest chance of a snow day among each state’s cities in the latest check. The snow day map shows every city at once, and the guide to snow days, late starts and e-learning days compares the states’ rules.

Facts checked October 29, 2026.

Updated October 29, 2026