Union, West Virginia, 1,637 students in 5 schools

Monroe County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Union get?

About 13.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.4 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Monroe?

11 inches on December 10, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.4 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 22 inches.

Q: How does the Monroe snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Union 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 Monroe’s own big snow morning: 3.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.4 miles away.

Q: Can West Virginia schools hold a remote day instead?

Under a state approved county plan, work assigned and graded on days closed for weather counts for up to 25 hours of instructional time.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Monroe, measured against Monroe's own big snow morning of 3.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Monroe close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Monroe’s snow record

13.2inches of snow a winter

1.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.6with 4 in or more

3.8 ina big snow morning in Monroe: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.1Nov

3.7Dec

5.9Jan

3Feb

0.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on December 10, 2018
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 22 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.4 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 Monroe

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Greenbrier County School DistrictLewisburg	16.9 in	0.6
Summers County School DistrictHinton	9.5 in	0.3
Mercer County School DistrictPrinceton	16.5 in	0.5	6
Raleigh County School DistrictBeckley	22.9 in	0.9
Fayette County School DistrictFayetteville	15.6 in	0.6
Nicholas County School DistrictSummersville	15.6 in	0.6

The schools

5 schools

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

High

James Monroe High School, Lindside
Monroe County Vocational Center, Lindside

Middle

Peterstown Middle School, Peterstown

Elementary

Mountain View Elementary & Middle School
Peterstown Elementary School, Peterstown

Questions

Monroe snow day questions

How much snow does Union get?

What was the biggest snow day near Monroe?

How does the Monroe snow day predictor work?

How does West Virginia handle snow days?

Can West Virginia schools hold a remote day instead?

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.