Charlottesville City Public Schools Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Charlottesville, measured against Charlottesville's own big snow morning of 5.2 inches.
Will Charlottesville close tomorrow?
Charlottesville’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 78% of the 116 Virginia districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 12.9 in on December 10, 2018
- Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 24 in
- 6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
- 1 in mornings 2.1 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.5 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.
How Virginia counts a lost day
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.
The Virginia rules in the agency’s own words, and every Virginia district
Districts near Charlottesville
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Albemarle County Public SchoolsCharlottesville | 10.6 in | 0.7 |
| Fluvanna County Public SchoolsPalmyra | 10.6 in | 0.7 |
| Waynesboro City Public SchoolsWaynesboro | 9.4 in | 1.1 |
| Orange County Public SchoolsOrange | 6.1 in | 0.5 |
| Augusta County Public SchoolsVerona | 9.4 in | 1.1 |
| Louisa County Public SchoolsMineral | 10.6 in | 0.4 |
10 schools
Every school in Charlottesville follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Charlottesville High
Middle
- Walker Upper Elementary
- Buford Middle
Elementary
- Jackson-Via Elementary
- Johnson Elementary
- Venable Elementary
- Clark Elementary
- Burnley-Moran Elementary
- Greenbrier Elementary
Other schools
- Lugo-McGinness Academy
Charlottesville snow day questions
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The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.