Buckhannon, West Virginia, 3,603 students in 10 schools

Upshur County School District Snow Day Predictor

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

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

Q: How much snow does Buckhannon get?

About 24.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Upshur?

10 inches on January 7, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 46.6 inches.

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

Upshur averages 1.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 81 percent of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Upshur snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Buckhannon 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 Upshur’s own big snow morning: 4 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 Upshur, measured against Upshur's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Upshur close tomorrow?

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

The Upshur playbook

How Upshur calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 18, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day May 28, 2027

District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Upshur’s snow record

24.9inches of snow a winter

2.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.3with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Upshur: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

1.2Nov

4Dec

13Jan

4.3Feb

2.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on January 7, 2022
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 46.6 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 6.3 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 Upshur

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Lewis County School DistrictWeston	16.9 in	0.6
Barbour County School DistrictPhilippi	18 in	0.4
Randolph County School DistrictElkins	46.8 in	1.7
Harrison County School DistrictClarksburg	11.4 in	0.9
Taylor County School DistrictGrafton	18 in	0.4
Braxton County School DistrictSutton	11.3 in	0.5

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Buckhannon Upshur High School
Fred W Eberle Tech Center

Middle

B-u Middle School

Elementary

Buckhannon Academy Elementary School
Tennerton Elementary
Union Elementary School
French Creek Elementary, French Creek
Hodgesville Elementary
Rock Cave Elementary, Rock Cave
Washington District Elementary

Questions

Upshur snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Upshur?

How much snow does Buckhannon get?

What was the biggest snow day near Upshur?

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

How does the Upshur 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.