Ashtabula, Ohio, 1,658 students in 4 schools

Buckeye Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Ashtabula get?

About 85.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 18.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 10.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 3.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Buckeye Local School District?

14 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 18.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 125.2 inches.

Q: Does Buckeye Local School District get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

Buckeye Local School District averages 3.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 98 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Buckeye Local School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Ashtabula 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 Buckeye Local School District’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 18.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Buckeye Local School District, measured against Buckeye Local School District's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Buckeye Local School District close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Buckeye Local School District’s snow record

85.2inches of snow a winter

10.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

3.9with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Buckeye Local School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 98% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

10.7Nov

21Dec

27Jan

14.1Feb

9.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 125.2 in
6 in mornings 1.6 a winter
1 in mornings 17.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 18.2 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 Buckeye Local School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Ashtabula Area City School DistrictAshtabula	85.2 in	3.9
Jefferson Area Local School DistrictJefferson	85.2 in	3.9
Geneva Area City School DistrictGeneva	88.4 in	4.9
Conneaut Area City School DistrictConneaut	85.2 in	3.9
Madison Local School DistrictMadison	88.4 in	4.9
Perry Local School DistrictPerry	88.4 in	4.9

The schools

4 schools

Every school in Buckeye Local School District follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Edgewood High School

Middle

Wallace H Braden Middle School

Elementary

Ridgeview Elementary School
Kingsville Elementary School, Kingsville

Questions

Buckeye Local School District snow day questions

How much snow does Ashtabula get?

What was the biggest snow day near Buckeye Local School District?

Does Buckeye Local School District get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Buckeye Local School District snow day predictor work?

How does Ohio handle snow days?

More winter

More for Ohio 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.