Warrensburg, Missouri, 3,467 students in 8 schools

Warrensburg R-VI School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Warrensburg get?

About 11.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Warrensburg R-VI?

7 inches on January 12, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 28.4 inches.

Q: Does Warrensburg R-VI get more snow days than other Missouri districts?

Warrensburg R-VI averages 0.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 71 percent of the 494 Missouri districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Warrensburg R-VI snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Warrensburg 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 Warrensburg R-VI’s own big snow morning: 3.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Warrensburg R-VI, measured against Warrensburg R-VI's own big snow morning of 3.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Warrensburg R-VI close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Warrensburg R-VI’s snow record

11.9inches of snow a winter

1.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

3.8 ina big snow morning in Warrensburg R-VI: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 71% of the 494 Missouri districts with a station record.

1.3Nov

1.4Dec

4.5Jan

3Feb

1.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7 in on January 12, 2019
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 28.4 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.6 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 Warrensburg R-VI

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Sedalia 200 School DistrictSedalia	12.1 in	0.6
Grain Valley R-V School DistrictGrain Valley	10.9 in	0.6
Blue Springs R-IV School DistrictBlue Springs	15.3 in	0.9
Lee's Summit R-VII School DistrictLee's Summit	10.9 in	0.6
Raymore-Peculiar R-II School DistrictPeculiar	14.7 in	0.5
Fort Osage R-I School DistrictIndependence	15.3 in	0.9

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Warrensburg High
Gateway Educational Ctr.
Warrensburg Area Career Ctr.

Middle

Warrensburg Middle

Elementary

Ridge View Elem.
Maple Grove Elementary
Sterling Elem.
Martin Warren Elem.

Questions

Warrensburg R-VI snow day questions

How much snow does Warrensburg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Warrensburg R-VI?

Does Warrensburg R-VI get more snow days than other Missouri districts?

How does the Warrensburg R-VI 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.