Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, 4,262 students in 6 schools

Waynesboro Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Waynesboro get?

About 16.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Waynesboro?

7 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 37.7 inches.

Q: How does the Waynesboro snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Waynesboro 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 Waynesboro’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.9 miles away.

Q: Can Pennsylvania schools hold a remote day instead?

A district with a PDE accepted plan can turn up to five closure days a year, including snow days, into Flexible Instructional Days that count as school days; they can be online, offline or both.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Waynesboro, measured against Waynesboro's own big snow morning of 4.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Waynesboro close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Waynesboro’s snow record

16.6inches of snow a winter

1.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

4.7 ina big snow morning in Waynesboro: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.6Nov

1.5Dec

6.3Jan

4.7Feb

3.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 37.7 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.9 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.

The Pennsylvania rule

How Pennsylvania counts a lost day

Pennsylvania requires either 180 days, or hours: 900 for kindergarten through grade 6 and 990 for grades 7 to 12, as the district chooses. The state forgives no days; districts are expected to build make-up days into the calendar for closures beyond any Flexible Instructional Days.

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

Next door

Districts near Waynesboro

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Greencastle-Antrim School DistrictGreencastle	16.6 in	0.8
Chambersburg Area School DistrictChambersburg	20.8 in	1
Tuscarora School DistrictMercersburg	20.8 in	1
Gettysburg Area School DistrictGettysburg	20.8 in	1.3
Shippensburg Area School DistrictShippensburg	22.6 in	0.9
Upper Adams School DistrictBiglerville	20.8 in	1.3

The schools

6 schools

Every school in Waynesboro follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Waynesboro Area Senior High School

Middle

Waynesboro Area MS

Elementary

Fairview El Sch
Mowrey El Sch
Summitview El Sch
Hooverville El Sch

Questions

Waynesboro snow day questions

How much snow does Waynesboro get?

What was the biggest snow day near Waynesboro?

How does the Waynesboro snow day predictor work?

How does Pennsylvania handle snow days?

Can Pennsylvania schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for Pennsylvania 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.Pennsylvania winter forecastThe season ahead for Pennsylvania: 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.