Marshall County School District Snow Day Predictor, WV

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

It can. Marshall 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: How long is a delayed start in Marshall?

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

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

May 25, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Moundsville get?

About 14.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: How does the Marshall snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Moundsville 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 Marshall’s own big snow morning: 2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Marshall close tomorrow?

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

The Marshall playbook

How Marshall calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, text message, email, the district app, social media and local TV.

“When the decision is made to close or delay schools, the Mass Communication messaging system will be used.”

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Buses will run on a two hour (one hour on Wednesdays) delay, allowing time for the roads to be cleared.”

NTI days

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

“Days six—ten will be non-traditional remote instruction days.”

Source

Making up a lost day

The first five cancelled days are not made up; days 6 to 10 are remote; days 11 and beyond are made up.

“Students do NOT have to make up the first five cancelled days. Days six—ten will be non-traditional remote instruction days. Days 11+ will need to be made up.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 18, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
Last day May 25, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Marshall’s snow record

14.5inches of snow a winter

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

0.3with 4 in or more

2 ina big snow morning in Marshall: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.1Nov

2Dec

7.3Jan

3.8Feb

1.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.5 in on February 9, 2021
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 23.5 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 4.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2 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 Marshall

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Ohio County School DistrictWheeling	10.1 in	0.5
Wetzel County School DistrictNew Martinsville	12.9 in	0.2
Brooke County School DistrictWellsburg	15 in	0.4
Tyler County School DistrictMiddlebourne	14.9 in	0.2
Hancock County School DistrictNew Cumberland	14.5 in	0.7
Marion County School DistrictFairmont	12.3 in	0.5

The schools

13 schools

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

High

John Marshall High School, Glen Dale
Cameron High School, Cameron
Gateway Achievement Center

Middle

Sherrard Middle School, Wheeling
Moundsville Middle School

Elementary

Hilltop Elementary School, Wheeling
Mcninch Primary School
Central Elementary School
Washington Lands Elementary School
Cameron Elementary School, Cameron
Glen Dale Elementary School, Glen Dale
Center McMechen Elementary School, McMechen
Sand Hill Elementary School, Dallas

Questions

Marshall snow day questions

How does Marshall announce a snow day?

Does Marshall switch to remote learning on a snow day?

How long is a delayed start in Marshall?

When is the last day of school for Marshall?

How much snow does Moundsville get?

How does the Marshall 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.