Middlebourne, West Virginia, 1,194 students in 4 schools

Tyler County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Middlebourne get?

About 14.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Tyler?

7.1 inches on March 12, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 24.6 inches.

Q: How does the Tyler snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Middlebourne 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 Tyler’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3 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 Tyler, measured against Tyler's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Tyler close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Tyler’s snow record

14.9inches of snow a winter

1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.2with 4 in or more

2.5 ina big snow morning in Tyler: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.2Nov

2.2Dec

7.2Jan

3.9Feb

1.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7.1 in on March 12, 2022
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 24.6 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3 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 Tyler

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Wetzel County School DistrictNew Martinsville	12.9 in	0.2
Doddridge County School DistrictWest Union	9.8 in	0.3
Pleasants County School DistrictSt. Marys	15.3 in	0.3
Ritchie County School DistrictHarrisville	14.3 in	0.8
Marshall County School DistrictMoundsville	14.5 in	0.3
Harrison County School DistrictClarksburg	11.4 in	0.9

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Tyler Consolidated High School, Sistersville

Middle

Tyler Consolidated Middle School, Sistersville

Elementary

Sistersville Elementary School, Sistersville
Arthur I Boreman Elementary School

Questions

Tyler snow day questions

How much snow does Middlebourne get?

What was the biggest snow day near Tyler?

How does the Tyler 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.