Coldwater, Ohio, 1,444 students in 3 schools

Coldwater Exempted Village School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Coldwater get?

About 10.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 19.6 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Coldwater?

5 inches on March 21, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 19.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 19.2 inches.

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

Coldwater averages 0.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 61 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Coldwater snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Coldwater 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 Coldwater’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 19.6 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Coldwater close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Coldwater’s snow record

10.7inches of snow a winter

1.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Coldwater: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 61% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

0.5Nov

1.8Dec

3.6Jan

3.8Feb

0.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 5 in on March 21, 2018
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 19.2 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 2.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 19.6 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 Coldwater

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
St. Henry Consolidated Local School DistrictSaint Henry	10.7 in	0.8
Celina City School DistrictCelina	16 in	0.6
Fort Recovery Local School DistrictFort Recovery	10.7 in	0.8
St. Marys City School DistrictSaint Marys	15.1 in	0.4
Versailles Exempted Village School DistrictVersailles	18.2 in	0.6
Spencerville Local School DistrictSpencerville	15.1 in	0.4

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Coldwater High School

Middle

Coldwater Middle School

Elementary

Coldwater Elementary School

Questions

Coldwater snow day questions

How much snow does Coldwater get?

What was the biggest snow day near Coldwater?

Does Coldwater get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Coldwater 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.