Bedford County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

About 5.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

8.9 inches on December 10, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 15.3 inches.

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bedford 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 Bedford’s own big snow morning: 4.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away.

Virginia requires at least 180 teaching days or 990 teaching hours, or state aid is reduced. After 5 closures, only one of every two further days must be made up; the Board of Education can also waive make-up when every reasonable effort is exhausted.

A division can declare an unscheduled remote learning day when weather closes buildings, up to 10 a year unless the state superintendent extends it, without losing state aid.