Mineral County School District Snow Day Predictor

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

June 2, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Keyser get?

About 24.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1 mile 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 Mineral?

10.1 inches on November 16, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 46.9 inches.

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

Mineral 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 Mineral snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Keyser 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 Mineral’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away.

The next three school mornings

Will Mineral close tomorrow?

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

The Mineral playbook

How Mineral calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, text message, the district app, social media and the district website.

“Delays and Cancellations are shared with families via phone call, text, MCS App notifications, and on MCS social media.”

Making up a lost day

OS days Mar 26 to Apr 2 are possible make-up days; out of calendar days Jun 4 to 30 may also be used.

Make up dates: Mar 26, Mar 29, Mar 30, Mar 31, Apr 1, Apr 2.

“26-2 OS Days-no school (Possible make-up days)”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 21, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 5
Last day June 2, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mineral’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 Mineral: 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 1 mile 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 Mineral

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hampshire County School DistrictRomney	24.7 in	1.3
Hardy County School DistrictMoorefield	24.7 in	1.3
Preston County School DistrictKingwood	68.6 in	4.9
Morgan County School DistrictBerkeley Springs	14.6 in	1.4
Monongalia School DistrictMorgantown	11.3 in	0.3
Berkeley County School DistrictMartinsburg	12.2 in	0.6

The schools

14 schools

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

High

Keyser High School
Frankfort High School, Ridgeley
Mineral County Technical Center

Middle

Keyser Middle School
Frankfort Middle School, Ridgeley

Elementary

Keyser Primary School
Frankfort Intermediate School, Fort Ashby
Fort Ashby Primary School, Fort Ashby
Wiley Ford Primary School, Wiley Ford
Fountain Primary School
Burlington Primary, Burlington
New Creek Primary School, New Creek
Elk Garden School, Elk Garden

Other schools

Mineral County Alternative Program

Questions

Mineral snow day questions

How does Mineral announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Mineral?

How much snow does Keyser get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mineral?

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

How does the Mineral 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.