Madison, West Virginia, 3,117 students in 13 schools

Boone County School District Snow Day Predictor

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

June 4, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Madison get?

About 10 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Boone?

9 inches on January 7, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 23.5 inches.

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

Boone averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 62 percent of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Boone snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Madison 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 Boone’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Boone, measured against Boone's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Boone close tomorrow?

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

The Boone playbook

How Boone calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 21, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day June 4, 2027

District calendar

Read from Boone’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is boonecountyboe.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Boone’s snow record

10inches of snow a winter

1.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Boone: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 62% of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

0.1Nov

1.7Dec

5Jan

1Feb

2.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 7, 2022
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 23.5 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.9 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 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 Boone

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Logan County School DistrictWest Logan	5.8 in	0.4
Lincoln County School DistrictHamlin	20.8 in	0.8
Kanawha County School DistrictCharleston	18.1 in	0.6
Putnam County School DistrictWinfield	14.8 in	0.7
Mingo County School DistrictWilliamson	12.6 in	0.3
Wayne County School DistrictWayne	5.5 in	0.3

The schools

13 schools

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

High

Scott High School
Sherman High School, Set
Van Junior/senior High School, Van
Boone Career And Technical Center, Foster

Middle

Madison Middle School
Sherman Junior High School, Seth

Elementary

Brookview Elementary, Foster
Madison Elementary
Sherman Elementary School, Comfort
Ramage Elementary, Danville
Van Elementary, Van
Ashford-rumble Elementary, Ashford
Whitesville Elementary School, Whitesville

Questions

Boone snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Boone?

How much snow does Madison get?

What was the biggest snow day near Boone?

Does Boone get more snow days than other West Virginia districts?

How does the Boone 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.