Aurora, Ohio, 3,033 students in 5 schools

Aurora City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Aurora get?

About 40.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Aurora?

14.5 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 58 inches.

Q: Does Aurora get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

Aurora averages 1.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 81 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Aurora snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Aurora 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 Aurora’s own big snow morning: 3.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Aurora, measured against Aurora's own big snow morning of 3.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Aurora close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Aurora’s snow record

40.3inches of snow a winter

4.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

3.4 ina big snow morning in Aurora: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

2.6Nov

8.4Dec

13.7Jan

7.2Feb

6.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.5 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 58 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 8.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8 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 Ohio rule

How Ohio counts a lost day

Ohio requires hours, not days: 910 hours for full day kindergarten through grade 6, 1,001 hours for grades 7 to 12, 455 for half day kindergarten. Only hours that drop a school below the state minimum must be made up, by extending the school year.

The Ohio rules in the agency’s own words, and every Ohio district

Next door

Districts near Aurora

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Streetsboro City School DistrictStreetsboro	40.3 in	1.1
Kenston Local School DistrictChagrin Falls	42.6 in	2.1
Crestwood Local School DistrictMantua	42.6 in	2.1
Solon City School DistrictSolon	40.3 in	1.1
Hudson City School DistrictHudson	40.3 in	1.1
Twinsburg City School DistrictTwinsburg	54.2 in	1.6

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Aurora High School

Middle

Harmon Middle School

Elementary

Leighton Elementary School
Craddock Elementary School

Other schools

Miller Elementary School

Questions

Aurora snow day questions

How much snow does Aurora get?

What was the biggest snow day near Aurora?

Does Aurora get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Aurora snow day predictor work?

How does Ohio handle snow days?

More winter

More for Ohio 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.Ohio winter forecastThe season ahead for Ohio: 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.