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Cincinnati, Ohio, 34,860 students in 66 schools

Cincinnati City School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Cincinnati, measured against Cincinnati's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Cincinnati close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati playbook

How Cincinnati calls a snow day

When the call comes

As soon as possible (usually by 5 a.m.).

“After reviewing all information available, the superintendent consults with senior staff, bus company operators and City of Cincinnati road maintenance authorities, and makes a decision as soon as possible (usually by 5 a.m.).”
Source

How families hear

By the district website, local TV and radio.

“When severe weather is predicted, parents should check the CPS website or local television or radio stations, for announcements about school closings or delays.”
Severe Weather Procedures - Cincinnati Public Schools

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Grades K-8 Yellow buses will pick up students at morning bus stops two hours later than normal.”
Delay schedule

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 19, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 25, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“Decisions to close schools are made only after analyzing much data and consulting various authorities.”
Board policy

Read from Cincinnati’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is cps-k12.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Cincinnati’s snow record

20inches of snow a winter
2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.7with 4 in or more
3.3 ina big snow morning in Cincinnati: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

1.6Nov
4.6Dec
7Jan
6Feb
0.4Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 7 in on January 6, 2025
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 33.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.5 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.

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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 Cincinnati

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Norwood City School DistrictNorwood20 in0.7
North College Hill City School DistrictCincinnati20 in0.7
Wyoming City School DistrictWyoming20 in0.7
Finneytown Local School DistrictCincinnati20 in0.7
Northwest Local School DistrictCincinnati20 in0.7
Mariemont City School DistrictCincinnati20 in0.7
The schools

66 schools, the 40 largest here

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

High

  • Walnut Hills High School
  • Western Hills University High School
  • Withrow University High School
  • Aiken New Tech High School
  • Hughes STEM High School
  • Gilbert A. Dater High School
  • Woodward Career Technical High School
  • Clark Montessori High School
  • Shroder High School
  • James N. Gamble Montessori High School
  • Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School

Middle

  • Hartwell School

Elementary

  • Dater Montessori School
  • Pleasant Ridge Montessori School
  • Carson School
  • Sands Montessori School
  • Fairview-Clifton German Language School
  • Parker Woods Montessori School
  • North Avondale Montessori School
  • Hyde Park School
  • Kilgour School
  • Cheviot School
  • Academy for Multilingual Immersion Studies
  • Mt. Airy School
  • Academy Of World Languages School
  • Midway School
  • James N. Gamble Montessori Elementary School
  • Rees E. Price Academy
  • College Hill Fundamental Academy
  • Covedale School
  • Pleasant Hill Academy
  • Roselawn Condon School
  • Westwood School
  • Leap Academy at North Fairmount
  • John P. Parker School

Other schools

  • School For Creative and Performing Arts
  • Roberts Academy
  • Cincinnati Digital Academy
  • Oyler School
  • Riverview East Academy
Questions

Cincinnati snow day questions

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More winter

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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.