East Cleveland, Ohio, 1,205 students in 6 schools

East Cleveland City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does East Cleveland get?

About 51.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near East Cleveland?

17.5 inches on December 10, 2016, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 72.8 inches.

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

East Cleveland averages 1.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the East Cleveland snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for East Cleveland 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 East Cleveland’s own big snow morning: 3.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in East Cleveland, measured against East Cleveland's own big snow morning of 3.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will East Cleveland close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

East Cleveland’s snow record

51.7inches of snow a winter

5.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

3.8 ina big snow morning in East Cleveland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

3.4Nov

12.6Dec

17.5Jan

11Feb

5.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17.5 in on December 10, 2016
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 72.8 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.6 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 East Cleveland

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School DistrictUniversity Heights	51.7 in	1.9
Shaker Heights City School DistrictShaker Heights	54.2 in	1.6
South Euclid-Lyndhurst City School DistrictLyndhurst	51.7 in	1.9
Beachwood City School DistrictBeachwood	51.7 in	1.9
Euclid City School DistrictEuclid	51.7 in	1.9
Cleveland Municipal School DistrictCleveland	47.4 in	2

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Shaw High School

Middle

W.H. Kirk Middle School

Elementary

Caledonia Elementary School, Cleveland Heights
Mayfair Elementary School
Superior School for the Performing Arts

Other schools

Prospect Academy

Questions

East Cleveland snow day questions

How much snow does East Cleveland get?

What was the biggest snow day near East Cleveland?

Does East Cleveland get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the East Cleveland 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.