New Kent, Virginia, 3,535 students in 5 schools

New Kent County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Kent get?

About 7.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near New Kent?

10.2 inches on January 7, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 15 inches.

Q: How does the New Kent snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Kent 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 New Kent’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.3 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 New Kent, measured against New Kent's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will New Kent close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

New Kent’s snow record

7.8inches of snow a winter

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

0.2with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in New Kent: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.1Nov

1.6Dec

4.3Jan

1.5Feb

0.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.2 in on January 7, 2017
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 15 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 1.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.3 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 New Kent

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Henrico County Public SchoolsHenrico	7.1 in	0.2
Hopewell City Public SchoolsHopewell	3.2 in	0.1
Richmond City Public SchoolsRichmond	7.1 in	0.2
Prince George County Public SchoolsPrince George	3.2 in	0.1
Gloucester County Public SchoolsGloucester	6.8 in	0.1
Chesterfield County Public SchoolsChesterfield	6.7 in	0.3

The schools

5 schools

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

High

New Kent High

Middle

New Kent Middle

Elementary

New Kent Elementary
Quinton Elementary, Quinton
George W. Watkins Elementary, Quinton

Questions

New Kent snow day questions

How much snow does New Kent get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Kent?

How does the New Kent 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

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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.