Hardy County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Hardy announce a snow day?

By radio, local TV, phone call and the district website, and on the district’s own closings page.

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

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

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

June 3, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Moorefield get?

About 24.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 24.5 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 Hardy?

10.1 inches on November 16, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 24.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 46.9 inches.

Q: How does the Hardy snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Moorefield 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 Hardy’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 24.5 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Hardy close tomorrow?

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

The Hardy playbook

How Hardy calls a snow day

How families hear

By radio, local TV, phone call and the district website.

“Information will also be posted on the county and West Virginia Department of Education websites http://wvde.state.wv.us, http://www.hardycountyschools.com.”

Hardy County Board Policy ABC, Emergency Closings

Delayed openings

“2. Delay the opening of school for two hours/3 hours.”

NTI days

Hardy has Non Traditional Instruction days in its winter plan.

“5. Hold a non-traditional instructional day if available”

Source

Making up a lost day

June 10 to 30 are out of calendar days that may be used for make-up days.

“6-10----6-30: Out-of-Calendar, may be used for make-up days”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 25, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day June 3, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

“When dangerous road conditions arise during the night, the Superintendent, or in his/her absence the designee(s), shall make the decision to exercise one of the following options.”

Board policy

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hardy’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 Hardy: 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 24.5 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 Hardy

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hampshire County School DistrictRomney	24.7 in	1.3
Mineral County School DistrictKeyser	24.7 in	1.3
Preston County School DistrictKingwood	68.6 in	4.9
Randolph County School DistrictElkins	46.8 in	1.7
Morgan County School DistrictBerkeley Springs	14.6 in	1.4
Barbour County School DistrictPhilippi	18 in	0.4

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Moorefield High School
East Hardy High School, Baker

Middle

Moorefield Middle School

Elementary

Moorefield Elementary School
East Hardy Elementary School, Baker
Moorefield Intermediate School

Questions

Hardy snow day questions

How does Hardy announce a snow day?

Does Hardy switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Hardy?

How much snow does Moorefield get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hardy?

How does the Hardy snow day predictor work?

How does West Virginia handle snow days?

More winter

More for West 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.