Nicholas County School District Snow Day Predictor

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

May 24, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Summersville get?

About 15.6 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.6 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 0.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Nicholas?

8 inches on March 12, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 28 inches.

Q: How does the Nicholas snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Summersville 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 Nicholas’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Nicholas close tomorrow?

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

The Nicholas playbook

How Nicholas calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 13, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
Last day May 24, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. Weather cancellations turned out of school days April 6, May 29 and June 1 to 3, 2026 into instructional days, with June 3 the last day.
“Students will attend school on April 6, May 29, and June 1-3, with June 3 now scheduled as the last day for students.”
News report

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Nicholas’s snow record

15.6inches of snow a winter

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

0.6with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Nicholas: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.2Nov

1.8Dec

6.8Jan

3.2Feb

3.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on March 12, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 28 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 5.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.6 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 Nicholas

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Clay County School DistrictClay	12.5 in	0.4
Fayette County School DistrictFayetteville	15.6 in	0.6
Webster County School DistrictWebster Springs	42.5 in	2.1
Braxton County School DistrictSutton	11.3 in	0.5
Raleigh County School DistrictBeckley	22.9 in	0.9
Greenbrier County School DistrictLewisburg	16.9 in	0.6

The schools

14 schools

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

High

Nicholas County High School
Richwood High School, Craigsville
Nicholas County Career/technical Center, Craigsville

Middle

Summersville Middle School
Richwood Middle School, Craigsville

Elementary

Summersville Elementary School
Gauley River Elementary School, Craigsville
Panther Creek Elementary School, Nettie
Cherry River Elementary School, Richwood
Glade Creek Elementary School
MT Lookout Elementary School, Mount Lookout
MT Nebo Elementary School, Mount Nebo
Zela Elementary School
Birch River Elementary School, Birch River

Questions

Nicholas snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Nicholas?

How much snow does Summersville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Nicholas?

How does the Nicholas 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.