Lincoln County School District Snow Day Predictor, WV

Q: How long is a delayed start in Lincoln?

2 hours: on a delay morning every school starts that much later.

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

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

Q: How much snow does Hamlin get?

About 20.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Lincoln?

8.2 inches on January 7, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 35.3 inches.

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

Lincoln averages 0.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 68 percent of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Lincoln snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hamlin 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 Lincoln’s own big snow morning: 2.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Lincoln close tomorrow?

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

The Lincoln playbook

How Lincoln calls a snow day

How families hear

“Code 3 - No School (total system closed)”

School Closings | Lincoln County Schools

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“When a two-hour delay is announced, all employees will report one hour later than normal time. The close of the day will be the usual time unless otherwise announced.”

Making up a lost day

Outside school environment days June 2 to 9, 2027 become instructional days as needed; the last student day could run as late as June 30, 2027.

Make up dates: Jun 2, Jun 3, Jun 4, Jun 7, Jun 8, Jun 9.

“OS DAYS WILL BE CONVERTED TO INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS AS NEEDED AS MAKEUP DAYS FOR EMERGENCY CLOSURES”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 17, 2026
Winter break Dec 18 to Jan 4
Last day May 28, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Lincoln’s snow record

20.8inches of snow a winter

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

0.8with 4 in or more

2.8 ina big snow morning in Lincoln: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 68% of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

1.4Nov

3.5Dec

8.6Jan

5Feb

2.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8.2 in on January 7, 2022
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 35.3 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.1 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 Lincoln

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Wayne County School DistrictWayne	5.5 in	0.3
Cabell County School DistrictHuntington	6.2 in	0.2
Putnam County School DistrictWinfield	14.8 in	0.7
Boone County School DistrictMadison	10 in	0.7
Kanawha County School DistrictCharleston	18.1 in	0.6
Logan County School DistrictWest Logan	5.8 in	0.4

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Lincoln County High School

Middle

Guyan Valley Middle, Branchland

Elementary

Hamlin Pk-8
West Hamlin Elementary, West Hamlin
Duval Pk-8, Griffithsville
Harts Pk-8, Harts
Midway Elementary School, Alum Creek
Ranger Elementary, Ranger

Questions

Lincoln snow day questions

How long is a delayed start in Lincoln?

When is the last day of school for Lincoln?

How much snow does Hamlin get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lincoln?

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

How does the Lincoln 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.