Wheeling, West Virginia, 4,897 students in 13 schools

Ohio County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Ohio County School District?

May 28, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Wheeling get?

About 10.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Ohio County School District?

8 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 20.5 inches.

Q: How does the Ohio County School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Wheeling 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 Ohio County School District’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Ohio County School District, measured against Ohio County School District's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Ohio County School District close tomorrow?

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

The Ohio County School District playbook

How Ohio County School District calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 26, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 3
Last day May 28, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. All traditional snow days built into the calendar were used by early February 2026, then remote learning days, with three left.
“Ohio County Schools officials say all traditional snow days built into the calendar have now been used, prompting the district to rely on remote learning days to continue instruction.”
News report
2024 to 2025: 1 day. 2 hour delay on Tuesday Jan 14, 2025.
“All Ohio County Schools are on a 2 hour delay for Tuesday, 1/14.”
District notice

Read from Ohio County School District’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is boe.ohio.k12.wv.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Ohio County School District’s snow record

10.1inches of snow a winter

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

0.5with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Ohio County School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0Nov

2.3Dec

4.4Jan

2.7Feb

0.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 20.5 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.5 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 Ohio County School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Marshall County School DistrictMoundsville	14.5 in	0.3
Brooke County School DistrictWellsburg	15 in	0.4
Wetzel County School DistrictNew Martinsville	12.9 in	0.2
Hancock County School DistrictNew Cumberland	14.5 in	0.7
Tyler County School DistrictMiddlebourne	14.9 in	0.2
Monongalia School DistrictMorgantown	11.3 in	0.3

The schools

13 schools

Every school in Ohio County School District follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Wheeling Park High School

Middle

Triadelphia Middle School
Bridge Street Middle School
Wheeling Middle School

Elementary

Warwood School
Woodsdale Elementary School
Elm Grove Elementary School
Ritchie Elementary School
Steenrod Elementary School
Middle Creek Elementary School, Triadelphia
Madison Elementary School
Bethlehem Elementary School
West Liberty Elementary School, West Liberty

Questions

Ohio County School District snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Ohio County School District?

How much snow does Wheeling get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ohio County School District?

How does the Ohio County School District 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.