Wood River Junction, Rhode Island, 3,008 students in 8 schools

Chariho Regional School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Wood River Junction get?

About 19.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.1 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Chariho?

17 inches on January 30, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.1 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 44.6 inches.

Q: How does the Chariho snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Wood River Junction 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 Chariho’s own big snow morning: 5.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.1 miles away.

Q: Can Rhode Island schools hold a remote day instead?

A district may hold virtual school on a weather or emergency closure day, and it counts as a school day only if its plan was approved by the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Chariho, measured against Chariho's own big snow morning of 5.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Chariho close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Wood River Junction.

Ten winters of school mornings

Chariho’s snow record

19.9inches of snow a winter

2.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

5.6 ina big snow morning in Chariho: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.4Nov

3.6Dec

6.7Jan

6.1Feb

2.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17 in on January 30, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 44.6 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 3.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.1 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 Rhode Island rule

How Rhode Island counts a lost day

Rhode Island requires 180 days, or the equivalent of at least 1,080 school hours under a commissioner approved calendar.

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

Next door

Districts near Chariho

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
North Kingstown School DistrictNorth Kingstown	21.7 in	1.4
Coventry School DistrictCoventry	33.6 in	2
West Warwick School DistrictWest Warwick	34.3 in	1.7	4
Warwick School DistrictWarwick	32.8 in	1.1	4
Cranston School DistrictCranston	32.8 in	1.1
Johnston School DistrictJohnston	45.3 in	2.3

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Chariho High School
Chariho Career and Tech Center

Middle

Chariho Regional Middle School

Elementary

Richmond Elementary School, Wyoming
Hope Valley Elementary School, Hope Valley
Charlestown Elementary School, Charlestown
Ashaway Elementary School, Ashaway

Other schools

Chariho Alternative Learning A

Questions

Chariho snow day questions

How much snow does Wood River Junction get?

What was the biggest snow day near Chariho?

How does the Chariho snow day predictor work?

How does Rhode Island handle snow days?

Can Rhode Island schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for Rhode Island 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.Rhode Island winter forecastThe season ahead for Rhode Island: 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.