Hampton, Virginia, 19,657 students in 33 schools

Hampton City Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hampton get?

About 4.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Hampton?

8 inches on January 4, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 13 inches.

Q: How does the Hampton snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hampton 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 Hampton’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away.

Q: Can Virginia schools hold a remote day instead?

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.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Hampton close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hampton’s snow record

4.2inches of snow a winter

0.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.1with 4 in or more

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

0Nov

0Dec

4Jan

0.1Feb

0.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on January 4, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 13 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 0.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.7 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 Hampton

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Newport News City Public SchoolsNewport News
Norfolk City Public SchoolsNorfolk	4.2 in	0.1
Portsmouth City Public SchoolsPortsmouth	4.2 in	0.1
Chesapeake City Public SchoolsChesapeake	5.8 in	0.2
Suffolk City Public SchoolsSuffolk	5.3 in	0.3
Virginia Beach City Public SchoolsVirginia Beach	5.8 in	0.3

The schools

33 schools

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

High

Bethel High
Kecoughtan High
Phoebus High
Hampton High

Middle

Benjamin Syms Middle
Cesar Tarrant Middle
C. Alton Lindsay Middle
Thomas Eaton Middle
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle

Elementary

George P. Phenix Elementary
Hunter B. Andrews
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary
A.W.E. Bassette Elementary
Samuel P. Langley Elementary
Aberdeen Elementary
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary
Luther W. Machen Elementary
Francis Asbury Elementary
Phillips Elementary
Paul Burbank Elementary
Mary S. Peake Elementary
Albert W. Patrick III Elementary
Captain John Smith Elementary
Barron Elementary
William Mason Cooper Elementary
Jane H. Bryan Elementary
Mary W. Jackson Elementary
Mary T. Christian Elementary
Armstrong Elementary

Other schools

Moton Early Childhood Center
Alternative Learning Center
Hampton City Public Schools Gov Health Sciences Academy
Hampton Public Schools Architecture & Applied Arts Governor'

Questions

Hampton snow day questions

How much snow does Hampton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hampton?

How does the Hampton snow day predictor work?

How does Virginia handle snow days?

Can Virginia schools hold a remote day instead?

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.