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McDonald County R-I School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in McDonald County R-I, measured against McDonald County R-I's own big snow morning of 4.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will McDonald County R-I close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Anderson.
Ten winters of school mornings

McDonald County R-I’s snow record

7.1inches of snow a winter
1.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.4with 4 in or more
4.8 ina big snow morning in McDonald County R-I: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.3Nov
0.5Dec
2.8Jan
3.2Feb
0.3Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 7 in on January 25, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 15.2 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 1.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.9 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.

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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 McDonald County R-I

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Neosho R-V School DistrictNeosho5.1 in0.2
Joplin School DistrictJoplin8 in0.4
Webb City R-VII School DistrictWebb City8 in0.4
Carthage R-IX School DistrictCarthage5.1 in0.2
Carl Junction R-I School DistrictCarl Junction8 in0.4
Republic R-III School DistrictRepublic8.4 in0.3
The schools

10 schools

Every school in McDonald County R-I follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • McDonald County High

Middle

  • Noel Elem., Noel
  • Anderson Middle
  • Pineville Elem., Noel

Elementary

  • Anderson Elem.
  • Southwest City Elem., Southwest City
  • White Rock Elem., Pineville
  • Noel Primary, Southwest City
  • Rocky Comfort Elem., Rocky Comfort
  • Pineville Primary
Questions

McDonald County R-I snow day questions

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More winter

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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.