Fredericksburg, Virginia, 3,575 students in 5 schools

Fredericksburg City Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Fredericksburg get?

About 9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Fredericksburg?

11 inches on January 4, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 18.1 inches.

Q: Does Fredericksburg get more snow days than other Virginia districts?

Fredericksburg averages 0.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 70 percent of the 116 Virginia districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Fredericksburg snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg’s own big snow morning: 4.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Fredericksburg, measured against Fredericksburg's own big snow morning of 4.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Fredericksburg close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Fredericksburg’s snow record

9inches of snow a winter

1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

4.1 ina big snow morning in Fredericksburg: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 70% of the 116 Virginia districts with a station record.

0Nov

1.2Dec

4.8Jan

2.2Feb

0.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on January 4, 2022
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 18.1 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.9 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 Virginia rule

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

Next door

Districts near Fredericksburg

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Spotsylvania County Public SchoolsFredericksburg	6.3 in	0.4
Stafford County Public SchoolsStafford	9 in	0.5
King George County Public SchoolsKing George	9 in	0.5
Caroline County Public SchoolsBowling Green	6.3 in	0.4
Prince William County Public SchoolsManassas	10.2 in	0.4
Culpeper County Public SchoolsCulpeper	10 in	0.3

The schools

5 schools

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

High

James Monroe High

Middle

Walker-Grant Middle

Elementary

Hugh Mercer Elementary
Lafayette Elementary

Other schools

Walker-Grant Early Childhood Center

Questions

Fredericksburg snow day questions

How much snow does Fredericksburg get?

What was the biggest snow day near Fredericksburg?

Does Fredericksburg get more snow days than other Virginia districts?

How does the Fredericksburg snow day predictor work?

How does Virginia handle snow days?

More winter

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