Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 3,632 students in 12 schools

Mason County School District Snow Day Predictor

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

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Point Pleasant get?

About 7.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Mason?

6 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 16.7 inches.

Q: How does the Mason snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Point Pleasant 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 Mason’s own big snow morning: 5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Mason, measured against Mason's own big snow morning of 5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Mason close tomorrow?

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

The Mason playbook

How Mason calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 24, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

The board policy

“The Superintendent may close schools due to disease, epidemic, hazardous weather conditions, law enforcement emergencies, damage to a school building, utility failure, or inoperability of school buses or other equipment needed for school operations”

Board policy

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mason’s snow record

7.1inches of snow a winter

1.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

5 ina big snow morning in Mason: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.1Nov

1.2Dec

3.7Jan

1.9Feb

0.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 16.7 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.6 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 Mason

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Jackson County School DistrictRipley	3.9 in	0.4
Putnam County School DistrictWinfield	14.8 in	0.7
Cabell County School DistrictHuntington	6.2 in	0.2
Lincoln County School DistrictHamlin	20.8 in	0.8
Roane County School DistrictSpencer	16.4 in	0.8
Wood County School DistrictParkersburg	7.5 in	0

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School
Wahama Junior/Senior High School, Mason
Hannan Junior/Senior High School, Ashton
Mason County School For Success
Mason County Career Center

Elementary

New Haven Elementary School, New Haven
Pt. Pleasant Primary, Pt Pleasant
Pt. Pleasant Intermediate, Pt Pleasant
Ashton Elementary School, Ashton
Roosevelt Elementary School
Beale Elementary School, Gallipolis Ferry
Leon Elementary School, Leon

Questions

Mason snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Mason?

How much snow does Point Pleasant get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mason?

How does the Mason 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.