Philippi, West Virginia, 2,083 students in 7 schools

Barbour County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Barbour?

June 2, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Philippi get?

About 18 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Barbour?

7.5 inches on December 14, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 28.6 inches.

Q: How does the Barbour snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Philippi 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 Barbour’s own big snow morning: 2.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Barbour, measured against Barbour's own big snow morning of 2.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Barbour close tomorrow?

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

The Barbour playbook

How Barbour calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 21, 2026
Winter break Dec 22 to Jan 1
Last day June 2, 2027

District calendar

Read from Barbour’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is bcswv.com.

Ten winters of school mornings

Barbour’s snow record

18inches of snow a winter

1.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

2.2 ina big snow morning in Barbour: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.6Nov

3.4Dec

8.8Jan

3.8Feb

1.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.5 in on December 14, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 28.6 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 4.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.3 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 West Virginia rule

How West Virginia counts a lost day

West Virginia requires at least 900 instructional hours a year, with each county setting the length of its days. The State Superintendent may lower the minimum in a county under a federal disaster declaration or a Governor's emergency declaration tied to the lost hours.

The West Virginia rules in the agency’s own words, and every West Virginia district

Next door

Districts near Barbour

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Taylor County School DistrictGrafton	18 in	0.4
Upshur County School DistrictBuckhannon	24.9 in	1.3
Harrison County School DistrictClarksburg	11.4 in	0.9
Randolph County School DistrictElkins	46.8 in	1.7
Marion County School DistrictFairmont	12.3 in	0.5
Lewis County School DistrictWeston	16.9 in	0.6

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Philip Barbour High School Complex

Middle

Philippi Middle School
Belington Middle School, Belington

Elementary

Philippi Elementary School
Belington Elementary, Belington
Kasson Elementary/Middle School, Moatsville
Junior Elementary, Junior

Questions

Barbour snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Barbour?

How much snow does Philippi get?

What was the biggest snow day near Barbour?

How does the Barbour snow day predictor work?

How does West Virginia handle snow days?

More winter

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