Braxton County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: Does Braxton switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Braxton has Non Traditional Instruction days in its winter plan, up to 5 a year. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

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

June 1, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Sutton get?

About 11.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Braxton?

10 inches on January 7, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 28.2 inches.

Q: How does the Braxton snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Sutton 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 Braxton’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Braxton close tomorrow?

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

The Braxton playbook

How Braxton calls a snow day

NTI days

Braxton has Non Traditional Instruction days in its winter plan, up to 5 a year.

“Once these five days have been used, the district allows five Non-Traditional Learning Days.”

Source

Making up a lost day

OS days at the end of the year are pending school cancellations and make-up days.

Make up dates: Jun 3, Jun 4, Jun 7, Jun 8, Jun 9, Jun 10.

“Outside School Environment (No School) **PENDING School Cancelations & Make-Up Days”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 19, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day June 1, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

“The District may utilize up to five days of non-traditional instruction in accordance with WVDE policy to ensure it meets the 180-day instructional requirement.”

Board policy

Read from Braxton’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is boe.brax.k12.wv.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Braxton’s snow record

11.3inches of snow a winter

1.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Braxton: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.2Nov

0.8Dec

5.9Jan

3.3Feb

1.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on January 7, 2022
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 28.2 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 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 Braxton

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Webster County School DistrictWebster Springs	42.5 in	2.1
Lewis County School DistrictWeston	16.9 in	0.6
Clay County School DistrictClay	12.5 in	0.4
Nicholas County School DistrictSummersville	15.6 in	0.6
Upshur County School DistrictBuckhannon	24.9 in	1.3
Roane County School DistrictSpencer	16.4 in	0.8

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Braxton County High School

Middle

Braxton County Middle School

Elementary

Flatwoods Elementary School, Flatwoods
Frametown Elementary School, Frametown
Davis Elementary School, Gassaway
Sutton Elementary School
Burnsville Elementary School, Burnsville
Little Birch Elementary School

Questions

Braxton snow day questions

Does Braxton switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Braxton?

How much snow does Sutton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Braxton?

How does the Braxton 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.