Spencer, West Virginia, 1,693 students in 5 schools

Roane County School District Snow Day Predictor

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

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

Q: How much snow does Spencer get?

About 16.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Roane?

9.2 inches on March 12, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 33 inches.

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

Roane averages 0.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 68 percent of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Roane snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Spencer 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 Roane’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Roane, measured against Roane's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Roane close tomorrow?

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

The Roane playbook

How Roane calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 17, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day May 28, 2027

District calendar

Read from Roane’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is roanewvschools.com.

Ten winters of school mornings

Roane’s snow record

16.4inches of snow a winter

1.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Roane: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 68% of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

0.3Nov

2.2Dec

7.4Jan

3Feb

3.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.2 in on March 12, 2022
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 33 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 4.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a 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 Roane

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Jackson County School DistrictRipley	3.9 in	0.4
Clay County School DistrictClay	12.5 in	0.4
Ritchie County School DistrictHarrisville	14.3 in	0.8
Putnam County School DistrictWinfield	14.8 in	0.7
Wood County School DistrictParkersburg	7.5 in	0
Kanawha County School DistrictCharleston	18.1 in	0.6

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Roane County High

Middle

Spencer Middle School

Elementary

Spencer Elementary School
Walton Elementary/Middle School, Walton
Geary Elementary/Middle School, Left Hand

Questions

Roane snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Roane?

How much snow does Spencer get?

What was the biggest snow day near Roane?

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

How does the Roane 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.