Providence, RI snow day calculator
Your school
Next school day
Snow day–%
Late start–%
Enter a ZIP code above
Will there be a snow day?
- An estimate from the public forecast. Your school district makes the call.
Why the sign says so
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Snow
How many inches are forecast, against what your area usually handles.
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Timing
Whether it falls overnight or stops early enough for plows to finish.
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Ice
Freezing rain, which closes schools at far smaller amounts than snow.
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Cold
The wind chill while children wait for the bus.
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Wind
Gusts strong enough to drift snow back over cleared roads.
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Alerts
Winter warnings and advisories from the National Weather Service.
Set from your state when you check a ZIP code. Change it if you know your district better.
Worked out in your browser from the National Weather Service forecast. No account, no cookies.
The chance school is closed or delayed in Providence, RI, on the next school morning.
Will there be a snow day tomorrow in Providence?
The sign above answers for Providence from the current forecast: the chance of a closure, the chance of a late start, and the snow hour by hour through the night. It is for the center of town. Schools at the edge of a district, or at a different elevation, can see different weather, so enter your own ZIP code if you live further out.
How much snow closes school in Providence
The calculator starts Providence at the Rhode Island setting, "used to snow": about 6 in of snow overnight, or a morning wind chill near -25°F, makes closing a coin flip. That is a starting point for the whole state, and it is our judgement, not a record of what Providence's schools have done. Change the setting under the sign if you know the district closes more or less readily.
| Snow | Closed | Late start instead |
|---|---|---|
| 2 in | 6% | 9% |
| 4 in | 21% | 42% |
| 6 in | 50% | 44% |
| 10 in | 94% | 5% |
Snow day calculator for all of Rhode Island. Try your own numbers.