Webster Springs, West Virginia, 1,118 students in 4 schools

Webster County School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Webster Springs get?

About 42.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Webster?

12.8 inches on January 7, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2024 to 2025, with 77.8 inches.

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

Webster averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 96 percent of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Webster snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Webster Springs 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 Webster’s own big snow morning: 4.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Webster, measured against Webster's own big snow morning of 4.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Webster close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Webster’s snow record

42.5inches of snow a winter

4.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

4.7 ina big snow morning in Webster: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.9school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 96% of the 53 West Virginia districts with a station record.

2.6Nov

5.5Dec

20.7Jan

7.4Feb

6.1Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.8 in on January 7, 2022
Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 77.8 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 7.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.1 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 Webster

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Braxton County School DistrictSutton	11.3 in	0.5
Nicholas County School DistrictSummersville	15.6 in	0.6
Clay County School DistrictClay	12.5 in	0.4
Upshur County School DistrictBuckhannon	24.9 in	1.3
Lewis County School DistrictWeston	16.9 in	0.6
Randolph County School DistrictElkins	46.8 in	1.7

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Webster County High School, Upperglade

Elementary

Glade Elementary School, Cowen
Webster Springs Elementary School
Hacker Valley Elementary School, Hacker Valley

Questions

Webster snow day questions

How much snow does Webster Springs get?

What was the biggest snow day near Webster?

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

How does the Webster 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.