Boydton, Virginia, 3,937 students in 6 schools

Mecklenburg County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Boydton get?

About 4.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mecklenburg?

9 inches on December 10, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 10.1 inches.

Q: How does the Mecklenburg snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Boydton 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 Mecklenburg’s own big snow morning: 2.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.3 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 Mecklenburg, measured against Mecklenburg's own big snow morning of 2.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Mecklenburg close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mecklenburg’s snow record

4.5inches of snow a winter

0.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.2with 4 in or more

2.6 ina big snow morning in Mecklenburg: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0Nov

1.2Dec

2.4Jan

0.6Feb

0.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on December 10, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 10.1 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 0.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.3 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 Mecklenburg

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Halifax County Public SchoolsHalifax	5.3 in	0.2
Dinwiddie County Public SchoolsDinwiddie	4.1 in	0.1
Danville City Public SchoolsDanville	4.3 in	0
Pittsylvania County Public SchoolsChatham	6.6 in	0.3
Campbell County Public SchoolsRustburg	8.7 in	0.4
Lynchburg City Public SchoolsLynchburg	8.7 in	0.4

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Mecklenburg County High, Baskerville

Middle

Mecklenburg County Middle, Baskerville

Elementary

South Hill Elementary, South Hill
Clarksville Elementary, Skipwith
Chase City Elementary, Chase City
LaCrosse Elementary, La Crosse

Questions

Mecklenburg snow day questions

How much snow does Boydton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mecklenburg?

How does the Mecklenburg 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.