Waynesville, Missouri, 6,091 students in 11 schools

Waynesville R-VI Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Waynesville get?

About 8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.

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

7.5 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 16.9 inches.

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

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Waynesville 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 Waynesville R-VI’s own big snow morning: 3.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

Q: Can Missouri schools hold a remote day instead?

With a DESE approved AMI plan, hours taught at home on a closure day count as school in session, up to 36 hours a year; lost time after that must be made up.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Waynesville R-VI, measured against Waynesville R-VI's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Waynesville R-VI close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Waynesville R-VI’s snow record

8inches of snow a winter

0.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

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

2.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.6Nov

0.8Dec

2.7Jan

3.2Feb

0.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.5 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 16.9 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 1.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 Waynesville R-VI

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Lebanon R-III School DistrictLebanon	4 in	0.3
Rolla 31 School DistrictRolla	13.2 in	0.4
Camdenton R-III School DistrictCamdenton	4 in	0.3
Marshfield R-I School DistrictMarshfield	8.6 in	0.5
Jefferson City Public SchoolsJefferson City	7.3 in	0
Springfield R-XII School DistrictSpringfield	9.3 in	0.2

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Waynesville Sr. High
Waynesville Career Center

Middle

Waynesville Middle
6th Grade Center

Elementary

Freedom Elem., St Robert
Waynesville East Elem.
Partridge Elem., Ft Leonard Wood
Wood Elem., Ft Leonard Wood
Thayer Elem., Ft Leonard Wood

Other schools

Williams Early Childhood Ctr, Fort Leonard Wood
Parker Educational Center

Questions

Waynesville R-VI snow day questions

How much snow does Waynesville get?

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

How does the Waynesville R-VI snow day predictor work?

How does Missouri handle snow days?

Can Missouri schools hold a remote day instead?

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.