Hampshire County School District Snow Day Predictor

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

May 28, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Romney get?

About 24.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 13.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Hampshire?

10.1 inches on November 16, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 13.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 46.9 inches.

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

Hampshire averages 1.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 81 percent of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Hampshire snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Romney 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 Hampshire’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 13.9 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Hampshire close tomorrow?

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

The Hampshire playbook

How Hampshire calls a snow day

Making up a lost day

Out-of-calendar days are used to make up cancelled days when non-instructional days run out (standard WVDE calendar form text).

“Out-of-calendar days must be used to make-up canceled instructional days, if noninstructional days are not adequate”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 20, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day May 28, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. Closed January 26, 2026 for inclement weather as a traditional snow day with no schoolwork.
“Hampshire County Schools will be closed tomorrow January 26, 2026, due to inclement weather. This will be a traditional snow day, and students will not be expected to complete any schoolwork.”
District notice

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hampshire’s snow record

24.7inches of snow a winter

2.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

4.7 ina big snow morning in Hampshire: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

1.4Nov

2.9Dec

9Jan

6.7Feb

3.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10.1 in on November 16, 2018
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 46.9 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 3.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 13.9 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 Hampshire

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Mineral County School DistrictKeyser	24.7 in	1.3
Hardy County School DistrictMoorefield	24.7 in	1.3
Morgan County School DistrictBerkeley Springs	14.6 in	1.4
Berkeley County School DistrictMartinsburg	12.2 in	0.6
Jefferson County School DistrictCharles Town	13.1 in	0.8	5
Preston County School DistrictKingwood	68.6 in	4.9

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Hampshire Senior High School

Middle

Romney Middle School
Capon Bridge Middle School, Capon Bridge

Elementary

Romney Elementary School
Capon Bridge Elementary School, Capon Bridge
Augusta Elementary School, Augusta
Slanesville Elementary School, Slanesville
Springfield-Green Spring Elementary Sch, Springfield

Questions

Hampshire snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Hampshire?

How much snow does Romney get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hampshire?

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

How does the Hampshire 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.