Farmington, Missouri, 3,980 students in 8 schools

Farmington R-VII School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Farmington get?

About 10.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Farmington R-VII?

9 inches on January 25, 2023, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.2 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 19 inches.

Q: Does Farmington R-VII get more snow days than other Missouri districts?

Farmington R-VII averages 0.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 83 percent of the 494 Missouri districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Farmington R-VII snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Farmington through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Farmington R-VII’s own big snow morning: 8.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Farmington R-VII, measured against Farmington R-VII's own big snow morning of 8.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Farmington R-VII close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Farmington.

Ten winters of school mornings

Farmington R-VII’s snow record

10.3inches of snow a winter

1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

8.3 ina big snow morning in Farmington R-VII: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 494 Missouri districts with a station record.

1.6Nov

0.5Dec

3.3Jan

4.6Feb

0Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 25, 2023
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 19 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 2.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.2 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

The Missouri rule

How Missouri counts a lost day

Missouri requires at least 1,044 hours of actual pupil attendance, plus 36 make-up hours built into the calendar for bad weather. A district must make up the first 36 weather hours and half of any hours beyond that, but never more than 60 make-up hours in total; anything past that is excused.

The Missouri rules in the agency’s own words, and every Missouri district

Next door

Districts near Farmington R-VII

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Festus R-VI School DistrictFestus	9.9 in	0.4
Hillsboro R-III School DistrictHillsboro	9.3 in	0.3
Grandview R-II School DistrictHillsboro	9.3 in	0.3
Northwest R-I School DistrictHouse Springs	11.9 in	0.3
Fox C-6 School DistrictArnold	11.9 in	0.3
Mehlville R-IX School DistrictSt Louis	11.9 in	0.3

The schools

8 schools

Every school in Farmington R-VII follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Farmington Sr. High

Middle

Farmington Middle
Lincoln Intermediate

Elementary

Roosevelt Elem.
Washington-Franklin Elem.
Jefferson Elem.

Other schools

Truman Learning Center
Juvenile Detention Ctr.

Questions

Farmington R-VII snow day questions

How much snow does Farmington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Farmington R-VII?

Does Farmington R-VII get more snow days than other Missouri districts?

How does the Farmington R-VII snow day predictor work?

How does Missouri handle snow days?

More winter

More for Missouri snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Missouri winter forecastThe season ahead for Missouri: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle — The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.