121 Virginia school districts, each read against its own snow
Virginia Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings for any Virginia ZIP, with every district’s snow record and the rules Virginia sets for a lost day.
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Snow day odds for your Virginia ZIP
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The state’s biggest districts, each read against its own forecast and its own big snow morning.
After 5 closures, only one of every two further days must be made up; the Board of Education can also waive make-up when every reasonable effort is exhausted.
“the school or the schools in the school division shall make up the first five days plus one day for each two days missed in excess of the first five by adding teaching days to the school calendar or extending the length of the school day”
The first 5 weather days must all be made up with added days or longer days; a school short of 180 days may instead make up hours to reach 990.
“the school or the schools in the school division shall make up all missed days by adding teaching days to the school calendar or extending the length of the school day”
A division can declare an unscheduled remote learning day when weather closes buildings, up to 10 a year unless the state superintendent extends it, without losing state aid.
“No school division shall claim more than 10 unscheduled remote learning days in a school year unless the Superintendent of Public Instruction grants an extension.”
Ranked by weekday mornings from December through March with 4 inches or more of new snow at the 7 am reading, averaged over ten winters at each district’s nearest NOAA weather station.
Snow a winter and 4 inch mornings come from each district’s nearest NOAA weather station over ten winters. Every linked district has a page with its live odds, its snow record and its schools.
Colonial Heights City Public SchoolsColonial Heights
2,931
4.1 in
0.1
Alleghany Highlands Public SchoolsLow Moor
2,835
17 in
0.8
Greene County Public SchoolsStanardsville
2,818
9.7 in
0.8
Staunton City Public SchoolsStaunton
2,695
9.4 in
1.1
Falls Church City Public SchoolsFalls Church
2,610
5.4 in
0.1
Goochland County Public SchoolsGoochland
2,571
8.1 in
0.4
Southampton County Public SchoolsCourtland
2,523
6.7 in
0.3
Rockbridge County Public SchoolsLexington
2,498
10.3 in
0.4
Buchanan County Public SchoolsGrundy
2,378
11.5 in
0.2
Patrick County Public SchoolsStuart
2,377
6.2 in
0.3
Appomattox County Public SchoolsAppomattox
2,372
10.3 in
0.6
Bristol City Public SchoolsBristol
2,154
7.7 in
0.1
King William County Public SchoolsKing William
2,106
4 in
0
Poquoson City Public SchoolsPoquoson
2,038
Greensville County Public SchoolsEmporia
2,027
4.1 in
0.3
Buckingham County Public SchoolsBuckingham
1,966
8.3 in
0.4
Clarke County Public SchoolsBerryville
1,921
13.1 in
0.8
Dickenson County Public SchoolsClintwood
1,883
24.9 in
0.9
Nottoway County Public SchoolsNottoway
1,817
3.8 in
0.3
Prince Edward County Public SchoolsFarmville
1,814
8.3 in
0.4
Floyd County Public SchoolsFloyd
1,713
16.8 in
0.9
Charlotte County Public SchoolsCharlotte Court House
1,705
6.2 in
0.2
Madison County Public SchoolsMadison
1,669
9.7 in
0.8
Amelia County Public SchoolsAmelia
1,606
6.7 in
0.4
Lunenburg County Public SchoolsKenbridge
1,582
3.8 in
0.3
Westmoreland County Public SchoolsMontross
1,579
9.2 in
0.7
Grayson County Public SchoolsIndependence
1,576
4 in
0.1
Nelson County Public SchoolsLovingston
1,495
9.4 in
1.1
Brunswick County Public SchoolsLawrenceville
1,395
8.3 in
0.5
Richmond County Public SchoolsWarsaw
1,374
4 in
0
Northampton County Public SchoolsMachipongo
1,334
6.8 in
0.1
Cumberland County Public SchoolsCumberland
1,233
8.3 in
0.4
Middlesex County Public SchoolsSaluda
1,226
7.8 in
0.2
Essex County Public SchoolsTappahannock
1,163
4 in
0
Northumberland County Public SchoolsHeathsville
1,162
Lancaster County Public SchoolsWeems
1,020
6.8 in
0.1
Sussex County Public SchoolsStony Creek
994
4.8 in
0.1
King and Queen County Public SchoolsKing and Queen CH
855
7.8 in
0.2
Mathews County Public SchoolsMathews
840
6.8 in
0.1
Bland County Public SchoolsBastian
793
25 in
1.3
Rappahannock County Public SchoolsWashington
774
11.4 in
0.9
Surry County Public SchoolsSurry
691
4.3 in
0.3
Charles City County Public SchoolsCharles City
530
3.2 in
0.1
Bath County Public SchoolsWarm Springs
509
18 in
0.7
Craig County Public SchoolsNew Castle
470
8.7 in
0.4
Highland County Public SchoolsMonterey
212
23.4 in
1.1
Questions
Virginia snow day questions
Virginia requires at least 180 teaching days or 990 teaching hours, or state aid is reduced.
After 5 closures, only one of every two further days must be made up; the Board of Education can also waive make-up when every reasonable effort is exhausted.
The first 5 weather days must all be made up with added days or longer days; a school short of 180 days may instead make up hours to reach 990.
A division can declare an unscheduled remote learning day when weather closes buildings, up to 10 a year unless the state superintendent extends it, without losing state aid.
All 121 in the state, by ZIP, with a page of their own for 72, including Fairfax, Prince William and Loudoun. Every page carries the district’s own snow record and the odds for its next three school mornings.
A typical Virginia district sees about 1 weekday mornings a winter with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more, counted on weekdays from December 1 through March 31 at each district’s nearest NOAA weather station over ten winters. The snowiest districts in the table see several times that.
Three school mornings, as far as the National Weather Service hourly forecast reaches. Weekends and the district’s winter break are skipped, so a Friday storm is read for Monday’s buses.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for your ZIP through the night and the bus hours, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against what counts as a big morning for your district. The state rules come from the Virginia Department of Education and the state code.
