West Virginia snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Beckley averages 38 in a year, Huntington 10 in
West Virginia towns, ranked
- Beckleyaverages 38 inches a year · regular snow
- Charlestonaverages 32 inches a year · moderate snow
- Fairmontaverages 26 inches a year · moderate snow
- Clarksburgaverages 24 inches a year · moderate snow
- Martinsburgaverages 23 inches a year · moderate snow
- Wheelingaverages 15 inches a year · occasional snow
- Weirtonaverages 15 inches a year · occasional snow
- Morgantownaverages 14 inches a year · occasional snow
- Parkersburgaverages 11 inches a year · occasional snow
- Huntingtonaverages 10 inches a year · occasional snow
How snow days work in West Virginia
There is no single West Virginia snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Beckley averages 38 inches of snow a year against Huntington’s 10, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.