Wayne County School District Snow Day Predictor, WV

Q: Does Wayne switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Wayne has Non Traditional Instruction days in its winter plan, up to 5 a year. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

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

May 26, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Wayne get?

About 5.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Wayne?

9 inches on January 7, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 12.2 inches.

Q: How does the Wayne snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Wayne 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 Wayne’s own big snow morning: 3.6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.3 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Wayne close tomorrow?

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

The Wayne playbook

How Wayne calls a snow day

NTI days

Wayne has Non Traditional Instruction days in its winter plan, up to 5 a year.

“Wayne county has been allowed five NTID days and they will be used if school is cancelled.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 13, 2026
Last day May 26, 2027

District calendar

Read from Wayne’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is wayneschoolswv.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Wayne’s snow record

5.5inches of snow a winter

0.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

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

0.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.2Nov

0.4Dec

3.1Jan

0.9Feb

0.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 7, 2022
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 12.2 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 1.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.3 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 Wayne

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Cabell County School DistrictHuntington	6.2 in	0.2
Lincoln County School DistrictHamlin	20.8 in	0.8
Logan County School DistrictWest Logan	5.8 in	0.4
Boone County School DistrictMadison	10 in	0.7
Putnam County School DistrictWinfield	14.8 in	0.7
Mingo County School DistrictWilliamson	12.6 in	0.3

The schools

18 schools

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

High

Spring Valley High School, Huntington
Wayne High School
Tolsia High School, Fort Gay

Middle

Wayne Middle School
Ceredo-Kenova Middle School, Ceredo
Buffalo Middle School, Kenova
Vinson Middle School, Huntington

Elementary

Ceredo-Kenova Elementary, Kenova
Fort Gay Pre K-8, Fort Gay
Wayne Elementary School
Buffalo Elementary School, Kenova
Kellogg Elementary School, Huntington
Lavalette Elementary School, Lavalette
Crum Pre K-8 School, Crum
Prichard Elementary School, Prichard
East Lynn Elementary School, East Lynn
Dunlow Elementary School, Dunlow
Genoa Elementary School, Genoa

Questions

Wayne snow day questions

Does Wayne switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Wayne?

How much snow does Wayne get?

What was the biggest snow day near Wayne?

How does the Wayne snow day predictor work?

How does West Virginia handle snow days?

More winter

More for West Virginia snow days

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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.