East Liverpool, Ohio, 1,692 students in 3 schools

Beaver Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does East Liverpool get?

About 14.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 12.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Beaver?

7 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 12.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 25.1 inches.

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

Beaver averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 50 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Beaver snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for East Liverpool 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 Beaver’s own big snow morning: 3.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 12.8 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Beaver close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Beaver’s snow record

14.5inches of snow a winter

2.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

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

1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 50% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

0.5Nov

3.6Dec

5.4Jan

3.5Feb

1.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 25.1 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 3.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.8 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 Beaver

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
East Liverpool City School DistrictEast Liverpool	14.5 in	0.7
Crestview Local School DistrictColumbiana	20.4 in	1.4
Edison Local School DistrictHammondsville	14.5 in	0.7
Columbiana Exempted Village School DistrictColumbiana	24.7 in	0.8
Salem City School DistrictSalem	24.7 in	0.8
South Range Local School DistrictCanfield	24.7 in	0.8

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Beaver Local High School

Middle

Beaver Local Middle School

Elementary

Beaver Local Elementary School

Questions

Beaver snow day questions

How much snow does East Liverpool get?

What was the biggest snow day near Beaver?

Does Beaver get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Beaver 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.