Randolph County School District Snow Day Predictor

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

June 1, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Elkins get?

About 46.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Randolph?

9.8 inches on January 19, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 65.7 inches.

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

Randolph averages 1.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 94 percent of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Randolph snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Elkins 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 Randolph’s own big snow morning: 3.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.1 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Randolph close tomorrow?

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

The Randolph playbook

How Randolph calls a snow day

Making up a lost day

Starred OS days (Nov 2 and Jun 3, 4, 7, 8, 9) may be used as make-up days.

“* May be used as Make Up Day”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 19, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day June 1, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026: 5 days. Five days out Jan 26 to 30, 2026 during a declared State of Emergency; the state approved a waiver so they were not made up.
“The waiver request submitted by Randolph County Schools was for the five days students were out of school during a January snowstorm --Jan. 26 through Jan. 30 -- when Gov. Patrick Morrisey declared a State of Emergency.”
News report

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Randolph’s snow record

46.8inches of snow a winter

5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.7with 4 in or more

3.6 ina big snow morning in Randolph: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 94% of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

2.5Nov

8.9Dec

18.2Jan

9.6Feb

6.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.8 in on January 19, 2025
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 65.7 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 10 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.1 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 Randolph

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Barbour County School DistrictPhilippi	18 in	0.4
Upshur County School DistrictBuckhannon	24.9 in	1.3
Taylor County School DistrictGrafton	18 in	0.4
Lewis County School DistrictWeston	16.9 in	0.6
Harrison County School DistrictClarksburg	11.4 in	0.9
Preston County School DistrictKingwood	68.6 in	4.9

The schools

14 schools

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

High

Elkins High School
Tygarts Valley Middle/High School, Mill Creek
Randolph County Alternative Center
Randolph Technical Center

Middle

Elkins Middle School

Elementary

George Ward Elementary School, Mill Creek
Elkins Third Ward Elementary School
Beverly Elementary School, Beverly
Jennings Randolph Elementary School
North Elementary School
Midland Elementary School
Coalton Elementary School, Coalton

Other schools

Harman Elementary/High School, Harman
Pickens Elementary/High School, Pickens

Questions

Randolph snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Randolph?

How much snow does Elkins get?

What was the biggest snow day near Randolph?

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

How does the Randolph 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.